Orchard Oriole: Icterus spurius

Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius

Identification Tips:

* Length: 6 inches
* Sharply-pointed bill

Male:

* Black head, back, breast, wings and tail
* Brown underparts, shoulder, and rump
* Immature male similar to female but has black throat

Female:

* Greenish-gray upperparts
* Yellowish underparts
* Two wing bars

Similar species:

Male Orchard Oriole is quite distictive. Female Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles have grayer bellies than female Orchard Orioles. Female Hooded Oriole very similar but has a decurved bill.

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