It is found in wooded habitats in the Amazon basin and Guianas of South America, and is generally common.

The head, breast and back are pale olive green, the wings are greyish-green, and the rump and underparts are chestnut.

Its range includes Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.

The caracaras are specialist predators of wasp nests, and the oropendolas have been observed following the group for several hours, feeding independently and not necessarily at the same level in the canopy nor on the same items of diet.

[3] Green oropendolas are gregarious, colonial birds and build long, bag-shaped nests that dangle from the branches of a tree.