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

# Oriole variable

> Icterus pyrrhopterus — Oiseaux. The variable oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Icterus pyrrhopterus*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4676
- Wikidata: [Q5419907](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5419907)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72954](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72954)

## Names

- en: Variable Oriole
- de: Feuerflügeltrupial
- es: Boyerito
- fr: Oriole variable
- nl: Vuurvleugeltroepiaal
- pt: Encontro
- pl: Kacyk melodyjny

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2383), BR (1879), UY (106), BO (39), PY (37)

## Summary

The variable oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay and as a vagrant to Chile.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155673862

## Machine access

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