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title: "Altamiratroepiaal"
description: "Icterus gularis — Vogels. The Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) is a New World oriole."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/altamira-oriole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Altamiratroepiaal

> Icterus gularis — Vogels. The Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) is a New World oriole.

- Scientific name: *Icterus gularis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 12508
- Wikidata: [Q1300686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1300686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9339](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9339)

## Names

- en: Altamira Oriole
- de: Schwarzkehltrupial
- es: Calandria Dorso Negro Mayor
- fr: Oriole à gros bec
- nl: Altamiratroepiaal
- pl: Kacyk duży

## Countries with the most observations

MX (6883), US (3242), HN (382), SV (239), NI (135), GT (128), BZ (24)

## Summary

The Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) is a New World oriole. The bird is widespread in subtropical lowlands of the Mexican Gulf Coast and northern Central America, the Pacific coast and inland. They have since spread to southern Texas, but this was not until 1939.
At 25 cm (9.8 in) and 56 g (2.0 oz), this is the largest oriole in genus Icterus. The bird nests in open woodland, with the nest being a very long woven pouch, attached to the end of a horizontal tree branch, sometimes to telephone wires.
This bird forages high in trees, sometimes in the undergrowth. They mainly eat insects and berries.
These birds are permanent…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: natgrace18 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40001708

## Machine access

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