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title: "Orchard Oriole"
description: "Icterus spurius — Aves. The orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) is the smallest species of icterid."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/orchard-oriole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orchard Oriole

> Icterus spurius — Aves. The orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) is the smallest species of icterid.

- Scientific name: *Icterus spurius*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 30711
- Wikidata: [Q1586976](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586976)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9325](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9325)

## Names

- en: Orchard Oriole
- de: Gartentrupial
- es: Calandria Castaña
- fr: Oriole des vergers
- nl: Tuintroepiaal
- pl: Kacyk kasztanowaty

## Countries with the most observations

US (17677), MX (6314), CA (1609), SV (289), HN (256), CR (172), PA (166), GT (139), BZ (124), NI (114), CO (27)

## Summary

The orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) is the smallest species of icterid. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the ochre oriole or Fuertes's oriole.
The orchard oriole is a small bird with a length of 5.9-7.1 inches, a weight of 0.6-1.0 ounces, and a wingspan of 9.8 inches. Adult males have chestnut or ochre underparts, while adult females and juveniles have olive-green upper parts and yellowish breasts and bellies. They inhabit semi-open areas with deciduous trees in eastern North America, southern Tamaulipas, and Veracruz. Their winter range…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216444612

## Machine access

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