Icterus cayanensis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The epaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
The epaulet oriole was formally described in 1766 with the binomial Oriolus cayanensis. Since then it has a complicated taxonomic history. For much of the twentieth century some authors considered it and the moriche oriole (I. chrysocephalus) to be individual monotypic species. Other authors treated chrysocephalus as a subspecies of I. cayanensis. In the twenty-first century most taxonomic systems have adopted the latter position. However, as of late 2025 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains the two taxa as separate species.
In the mid-twentieth century one author placed the epaulet oriole and the orchard oriole (I. spurius) in a separate genus Bananivorus but later work showed... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 11 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 14 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 17 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 18 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 5 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Epaulet Oriole sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 908 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 346 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Epaulet Oriole in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in September and November, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Epaulet Oriole sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Epaulet Oriole sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 50%), El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 50%) and Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Epaulet Oriole that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Red-rumped Cacique (about 60%), Chopí Blackbird (about 30%) and Shiny Cowbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Epaulet Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguaçu National Park (908 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
