This oropendola ranges through lowlands from Mexico into Central America. Males are about 50 cm and females about 37.5 cm; birds breed in colonies that suspend long, pouch-like nests from branches.
Males are about 50 cm long and females about 37.5 cm. The head is black, the back and wings dark reddish brown, and a pale patch marks the cheek. The bill is black with an orange tip, and the tail is yellow and black, appearing mostly yellow from below.
It forms breeding colonies and suspends long, pouch-like nests from branch tips. At a riverside site in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, a colony nested in the crown of a eucalyptus tree.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.