Bullock's Oriole: Icterus bullockii

Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii

Identification Tips:

* Length: 7 inches
* Sharply-pointed bill

Male:

* Black crown, nape, eyeline, throat, back, wings and tail
* Orange face, underparts and rump
* Orange outer tail feathers
* White wing patch and edges
* Immature male similar to female but brighter orange with variable amounts of black on head

Female:

* Grayish upperparts
* Dull yellowish breast and undertail coverts
* Gray belly
* Two wing bars

Similar species:

Male Bullock's Oriole can be told from other black and orange orioles by its black eyeline and white wing patch. Female is similar to other female orioles but can be told from Baltimore by its yellower breast and grayer upperparts. Hooded and Orchard's have more extensively yellow underparts.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.