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title: "Audubon's Oriole"
description: "Icterus graduacauda — Uccelli. Audubon's oriole (Icterus graduacauda), formerly known as the black-headed oriole, is a New World passerine inhabiting the forests and thickets of southeastern Texas and the Mexican coast."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/audubon-s-oriole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Audubon's Oriole

> Icterus graduacauda — Uccelli. Audubon's oriole (Icterus graduacauda), formerly known as the black-headed oriole, is a New World passerine inhabiting the forests and thickets of southeastern Texas and the Mexican coast.

- Scientific name: *Icterus graduacauda*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2706
- Wikidata: [Q1305205](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305205)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9328](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9328)

## Names

- en: Audubon's Oriole
- de: Schwarzkopftrupial
- es: Calandria Capucha Negra
- fr: Oriole d'Audubon
- nl: Zwartkoptroepiaal
- pl: Kacyk czarnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1500), MX (1069)

## Summary

Audubon's oriole (Icterus graduacauda), formerly known as the black-headed oriole, is a New World passerine inhabiting the forests and thickets of southeastern Texas and the Mexican coast. It is the only species to have a black hood and yellow body. It is divided into four subspecies and two allopatric breeding ranges. The westernmost range extends from Nayarit south to southern Oaxaca, whereas the eastern range stretches from the lower Rio Grande valley to northern Querétaro. The most common in the western range are the subspecies I. g. dickeyae and I. g. nayaritensis; I. g. graduacauda and I. g. audubonii can be…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audubon%27s_oriole

## Photo

![Audubon's Oriole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/audubon-s-oriole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Juan J. Morales-Trejo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326590567

## Machine access

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