A striking black-and-orange oriole of the Amazon Basin, it also uses secondary growth and forest edges and may occur near water. It is not a true starling despite its English name ending in “troupial.”
Adults have an orange body with a black head, breast, and wings, white patches on the wings, and yellow eyes.
It uses secondary growth, forest edges, and some tree-filled residential areas, including places near water.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.