Montezuma Oropendola

About this species

This species has 342,531 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Costa Rica (64.5%), Mexico (9.5%), Honduras (6.9%), Belize (6.2%) and Nicaragua (5.1%); together they account for 92.2% of the total. In Costa Rica, this species accounts for 0.85% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Psarocolius montezuma combines the genus name Psarocolius with the species epithet montezuma. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Psarocolius; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Psarocolius decumanus, Psarocolius angustifrons and Psarocolius wagleri.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 105 species of the family Icteridae. This species ranks 19th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Agelaius phoeniceus. Its record count is 50.6% of the family average (677,230). The family Icteridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Icteridae

• Crested Oropendola
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Baltimore Oriole
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Western Meadowlark
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Boat-tailed Grackle

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org