Breeds in coastal eastern Mexico from southern Tamaulipas south to southern Veracruz; winter range imperfectly known, but reported southern Guerrero, coastal Oaxaca and western Chiapas (southern Mexico).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Ochre Oriole (Icterus fuertesi) [XC142672]
by Manuel Grosselet from Minatitlan, refineria de SAnta Alejandrina, Veracruz, Mexico (song)
Ochre Oriole (Icterus fuertesi) [XC124737]
by Manuel Grosselet from Minatitlan, refineria de SAnta Alejandrina, Veracruz, Mexico (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Icterus spurius (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was provisionally split into Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) and Fuertes's Oriole (Icterus fuertesi) by Stotz et al. (1996) but this treatment has not been adopted, following SACC (2005).
Very closely related to, and often regarded as conspecific with, Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius). The two have discrete breeding ranges, but no evidence of intergradation where ranges approach one another, and songs apparently differ.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet