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.