Icterus icterus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The Venezuelan troupial, known in Venezuela as the Turpial (Icterus icterus), is the national bird of Venezuela. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico. Together with the orange-backed troupial and campo troupial, it was previously part of a superspecies simply named the troupial that was split.
The term troupial is from French troupiale, from troupe ("troop"), so named because they live in flocks. The Latin name icterus is from Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, "jaundice"); the icterus was a bird the sight of which was believed to cure jaundice, perhaps the Eurasian golden oriole. It also had the more general meaning "yellow bird", which is why the name was later given to this South American bird.
Venezuelan troupials are fairly large in size, with a long tail and a bulky bill. It has a black head and upper breast. The feathers on the front of the neck and upper breast stick outward, making an uneven boundary between the black and the orange of the bird's lower breast and underside. The rest of the orange color is found on the upper and lower back, separated by the black shoulders. The wings... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Maracaibo | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Audubon Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Caldwell Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Moody Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | El Paso Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Rosamond Gifford Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 15 | Topeka Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Santa Ana Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Reid Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Como Park Zoo and Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Como Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | The Living Planet Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 21 | Greenville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Staten Island Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Tracy Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Central Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | Texas State Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 27 | OdySea Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 28 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 29 | Cali Zoo | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-backed Oriole sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 306 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 213th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–October and December–June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-backed Oriole in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-backed 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.
6th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Orange-backed Oriole sightings, Manu National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 60%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-backed Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (306 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.
