Yellow-backed Oriole

Icterus chrysater

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Icteridae
Genus
Icterus
eBird Code
yebori1

Vocalizations

keesgroenendijk · CC_BY_4_0
Andrés Ramírez-Barrera · CC_BY_4_0
Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández · CC_BY_4_0
GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC_BY_4_0
Nestor Herrera · CC_BY_4_0
keesgroenendijk · CC_BY_4_0
Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández · CC_BY_4_0
Christoph Moning · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (3)

  • Icterus chrysater chrysater

    southern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to Belize, Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua

  • Icterus chrysater giraudii

    Panama eastward to northwestern Venezuela and southward to southwestern Colombia

  • Icterus chrysater mayensis

    southeastern Mexico (northern Yucatan Peninsula)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.