Breeds from south-western USA (southern California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas) south to western and central Mexico (to southern Baja California, Michoacán and Oaxaca). Non-breeding range mostly in Mexico.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,600,000 (2010).
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) [XC14178]
by Richard E Webster from Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (song)
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) [XC773015]
by Matthew L. Brady from Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call, subsong)