Black-cowled Oriole
Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0

New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies

Black-cowled Oriole

Icterus prosthemelas

LCLeast Concern
Family
New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies (Icteridae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The black-cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is common and widespread in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama. It lives primarily in humid or semihumid forest, as well as in clearings, along forest edges, in plantations, in semi-open areas with scattered trees and bushes, and in gardens. The adult male is black, with yellow on the belly, shoulder, rump, wing lining, and crissum.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.