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title: "Orange-backed Troupial"
description: "Icterus croconotus — Birds. The orange-backed troupial (Icterus croconotus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/orange-backed-troupial
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-backed Troupial

> Icterus croconotus — Birds. The orange-backed troupial (Icterus croconotus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.

- Scientific name: *Icterus croconotus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1080
- Wikidata: [Q1307046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62564](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62564)

## Names

- en: Orange-backed Troupial
- de: Safrantrupial
- es: Matico
- fr: Oriole à dos orange
- nl: Amazonetroepiaal
- pt: João-pinto
- pl: Kacyk szafranowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (480), PE (157), EC (118), BO (105), AR (91), CO (34), GY (22), PY (10)

## Summary

The orange-backed troupial (Icterus croconotus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. It is closely related to the Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus) and Campo troupial (Icterus jamacaii), and at one time, all three were considered to be the same species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-backed_troupial

## Photo

![Orange-backed Troupial](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-backed-troupial/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124044910

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-backed-troupial?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).