Bird group

Troupials and Allies

105 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Altamira Oriole
Icterus gularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Altamira Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Audubon's Oriole
Icterus graduacauda
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Audubon's Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Austral Blackbird
Curaeus curaeus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Austral Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Bahama Oriole
Icterus northropi
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Bahama Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Baltimore Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Band-tailed Cacique
Cacicus latirostris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Band-tailed Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Bar-winged Oriole
Icterus maculialatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bar-winged Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Baudo Oropendola
Psarocolius cassini
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Baudo Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Black Oropendola
Psarocolius guatimozinus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Black-backed Oriole
Icterus abeillei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-backed Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Black-cowled Oriole
Icterus prosthemelas
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-cowled Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Black-vented Oriole
Icterus wagleri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-vented Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Boat-tailed Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Bobolink is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small prey…

Bolivian Blackbird
Oreopsar bolivianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bolivian Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Brewer's Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Bronzed Cowbird
Molothrus aeneus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bronzed Cowbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Brown-and-yellow Marshbird
Pseudoleistes virescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-and-yellow Marshbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar,…

Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-headed Cowbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bullock's Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Campo Troupial
Icterus jamacaii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Campo Troupial is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Carib Grackle
Quiscalus lugubris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Carib Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Casqued Cacique
Cacicus oseryi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Casqued Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Chestnut-capped Blackbird
Chrysomus ruficapillus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-capped Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar,…

Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Psarocolius wagleri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-headed Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar,…

Chihuahuan Meadowlark
Sturnella lilianae
Not Evaluated≈ Unknown

The Chihuahuan Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Chopi Blackbird
Gnorimopsar chopi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chopi Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Common Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Crested Oropendola
Psarocolius decumanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crested Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Cuban Blackbird
Ptiloxena atroviolacea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cuban Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Cuban Oriole
Icterus melanopsis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cuban Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Dusky-green Oropendola
Psarocolius atrovirens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dusky-green Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Eastern Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Ecuadorian Cacique
Cacicus sclateri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ecuadorian Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Epaulet Oriole
Icterus cayanensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Epaulet Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Forbes's Blackbird
Anumara forbesi
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Forbes's Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Giant Cowbird
Molothrus oryzivorus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Giant Cowbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Golden-tufted Grackle
Macroagelaius imthurni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden-tufted Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Golden-winged Cacique
Cacicus chrysopterus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden-winged Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Grayish Baywing
Agelaioides badius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Grayish Baywing is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Great-tailed Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Greater Antillean Grackle
Quiscalus niger
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Greater Antillean Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar,…

Green Oropendola
Psarocolius viridis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Green Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Hispaniolan Oriole
Icterus dominicensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hispaniolan Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hooded Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Jamaican Blackbird
Nesopsar nigerrimus
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Jamaican Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Jamaican Oriole
Icterus leucopteryx
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jamaican Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Long-tailed Meadowlark
Leistes loyca
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-tailed Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Martinique Oriole
Icterus bonana
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Martinique Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Melodious Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Montezuma Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Montserrat Oriole
Icterus oberi
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Montserrat Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Mountain Cacique
Cacicus chrysonotus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mountain Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Mountain Grackle
Macroagelaius subalaris
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Mountain Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Nicaraguan Grackle
Quiscalus nicaraguensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Nicaraguan Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Olive Oropendola
Psarocolius bifasciatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Olive Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Orange Oriole
Icterus auratus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Orange-backed Troupial
Icterus croconotus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange-backed Troupial is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Orange-crowned Oriole
Icterus auricapillus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange-crowned Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orchard Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Oriole Blackbird
Gymnomystax mexicanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Oriole Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Pale Baywing
Agelaioides fringillarius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pale Baywing is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Pale-eyed Blackbird
Agelasticus xanthophthalmus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pale-eyed Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Pampas Meadowlark
Leistes defilippii
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Pampas Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Peruvian Meadowlark
Leistes bellicosus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Peruvian Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Puerto Rican Oriole
Icterus portoricensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Puerto Rican Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Red-bellied Grackle
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Red-bellied Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Red-breasted Meadowlark
Leistes militaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-breasted Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Red-rumped Cacique
Cacicus haemorrhous
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-rumped Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Red-shouldered Blackbird
Agelaius assimilis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-shouldered Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-winged Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Russet-backed Oropendola
Psarocolius angustifrons
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Russet-backed Oropendola is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Rusty Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Saffron-cowled Blackbird
Xanthopsar flavus
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Saffron-cowled Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Amblyramphus holosericeus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scarlet-headed Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Cacicus uropygialis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scarlet-rumped Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Scott's Oriole
Icterus parisorum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scott's Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Screaming Cowbird
Molothrus rufoaxillaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Screaming Cowbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Scrub Blackbird
Dives warczewiczi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scrub Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Selva Cacique
Cacicus koepckeae
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Selva Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Shiny Cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Shiny Cowbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Solitary Black Cacique
Cacicus solitarius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Solitary Black Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Spot-breasted Oriole
Icterus pectoralis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spot-breasted Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

St. Lucia Oriole
Icterus laudabilis
Endangered≈ Unknown

The St. Lucia Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Streak-backed Oriole
Icterus pustulatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Streak-backed Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
Agelaius humeralis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tawny-shouldered Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar,…

Tricolored Blackbird
Agelaius tricolor
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Tricolored Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Unicolored Blackbird
Agelasticus cyanopus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Unicolored Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Variable Oriole
Icterus pyrrhopterus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Variable Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Velvet-fronted Grackle
Lampropsar tanagrinus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Velvet-fronted Grackle is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Venezuelan Troupial
Icterus icterus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Venezuelan Troupial is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

White-browed Meadowlark
Leistes superciliaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-browed Meadowlark is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

White-edged Oriole
Icterus graceannae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-edged Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Yellow Oriole
Icterus nigrogularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or small…

Yellow-backed Oriole
Icterus chrysater
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-backed Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Yellow-billed Cacique
Amblycercus holosericeus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-billed Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-headed Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Chrysomus icterocephalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-hooded Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Yellow-rumped Cacique
Cacicus cela
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-rumped Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Yellow-rumped Marshbird
Pseudoleistes guirahuro
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-rumped Marshbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
Agelaius xanthomus
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Yellow-shouldered Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar,…

Yellow-tailed Oriole
Icterus mesomelas
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-tailed Oriole is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…

Yellow-winged Blackbird
Agelasticus thilius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-winged Blackbird is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds,…

Yellow-winged Cacique
Cassiculus melanicterus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-winged Cacique is a New World blackbird, meadowlark, oriole, cacique, or grackle that feeds on insects, fruit, nectar, seeds, or…