Variable Oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus)
About the Variable Oriole
The variable oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay and as a vagrant to Chile. The variable oriole was formally described in 1819 with the binomial Agelaius pyrrhopterus. It and its subspecies were long treated as the "pyrrhopterus group" within the epaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis sensu lato). It was returned to full species status beginning in 2010. The variable oriole has these four subspecies: I. p. periporphyrus (Bonaparte, 1850) I. p. pyrrhopterus (Vieillot, 1819) I. p. tibialis Swainson, 1838 I. p. valenciobuenoi Ihering, HFA, 1902
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 164 recordings for this species: 27 CC BY-NC-SA · 14 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
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- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbularecording
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiirecording
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensisrecording
- Orange-crowned OrioleIcterus auricapillusrecording
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.