#1366 · 🐦 birds

Orchard Oriole

🇳🇱 Tuintroepiaal ·Icterus spurius

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Dan Pancamo · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Scott Buckel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © hjhipster · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Carlos Alvarez N. · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Photo by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Roberto González · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Anna · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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 .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,951iNaturalist observations
weight 2.2 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.
30,951 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).