Variable oriole

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Epaulettentrupial.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Icterus pyrrhopterus |volume=2016 |page=e.T22731801A95037642 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22731801A95037642.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Icterus pyrrhopterus

| authority = (Vieillot, 1819)

| synonyms =

Icterus cayanensis pyrrhopterus

| range_map = Icterus pyrrhopterus map.svg

}}

The variable oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the epaulet oriole.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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