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title: "Spot-breasted Oriole"
description: "Icterus pectoralis — Birds. The spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spot-breasted-oriole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spot-breasted Oriole

> Icterus pectoralis — Birds. The spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Icterus pectoralis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2458
- Wikidata: [Q1301311](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301311)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9333](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9333)

## Names

- en: Spot-breasted Oriole
- de: Tropfentrupial
- es: Calandria Pecho Moteado
- fr: Oriole maculé
- nl: Vlekborsttroepiaal
- pl: Kacyk plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

US (884), MX (441), HN (380), CR (175), NI (144), GT (115), SV (108), BZ (7)

## Summary

The spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. It also has an introduced population in southern Florida.

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

## Photo

![Spot-breasted Oriole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spot-breasted-oriole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183164445

## Machine access

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