Venezuelan troupial: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Venezuelan troupial lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Icterus icterus
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	77 g (male organism, adult weight); 67 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Icteridae

Where does the Venezuelan troupial live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Venezuelan troupial in 13 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Venezuelan troupial?

Wikidata records the following for the Venezuelan troupial: mass 77 g (male organism, adult weight); 67 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Venezuelan troupial endangered?

The Venezuelan troupial’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Venezuelan troupial?

The Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Icteridae, genus Icterus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Venezuelan troupial

The Venezuelan troupial, known in Venezuela as the Turpial (Icterus icterus), is the national bird of Venezuela. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico. Together with the orange-backed troupial and campo troupial, it was previously part of a superspecies simply named the troupial that was split.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Venezuelan troupial (revision 1371520380), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q997708 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).