๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Yellow-backed Oriole live?

Icterus chrysater has 159,382 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1879 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Yellow-backed Oriole
Yellow-backed Oriole โ€” WebmasterRioblanco / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesIcteridaeIcterus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 107,918
Panama 14,108
Mexico 9,736
Honduras 7,559
Guatemala 7,449
Belize 5,616
Venezuela 4,852
Nicaragua 1,170
El Salvador 929
Costa Rica 22
Ecuador 20
French Guiana 1
Paraguay 1

Related animals

Others in the family Icteridae.

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Baltimore Oriole
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Orchard Oriole
Orchard Oriole
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Hooded Oriole
Hooded Oriole
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.