#1336 · 🐦 birds

Hooded Oriole

🇳🇱 Maskertroepiaal ·Icterus cucullatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nick Chill · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Gonzalo Zepeda Martínez · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Debara · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Bustamante, N.L., México:© Roberto González · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. South Padre Island, TX 78597, USA:© Javi Gonzalez · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pineridge Pl, Cowichan Valley, BC, CA:© Tyler Innes · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. tijuana river estuary area:© Nick Haynes · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Cowichan Valley, BC, Canada:© anniemaroo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The hooded oriole ( Icterus cucullatus ) is a medium-sized New World oriole.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,533iNaturalist observations
weight 24.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
38,533 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 24 g.
Scientifically named by William Swainson in 1827 (199 years ago).