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The bar-winged oriole is 20.5 to 23 cm (8.1 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 31 to 59 g (1.1 to 2.1 oz). Adult males have a black head, throat, upper breast, back, and tail. Their rump is yellow. Their wing is mostly black with yellow lesser and median coverts and large white tips on the greater coverts. The yellow shows as a patch and the white as a wing bar on the closed wing. Their flight feathers have white edges. Their underparts below the breast are golden-yellow. Adult females have an olive crown, back, rump, and tail. Voice: The bar-winged oriole's song is "a bouncing series of rich, sweet whistles, sa'weet-so'sweet-so'really'sweet-so'saw'weet" and its call "a scratchy, harsh chiiirrrrr".
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When to see the Bar-winged Oriole
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bar-winged Oriole
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Bar-winged Oriole
The bar-winged oriole is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
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Easily confused with
St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilisVoice: The song of the St. Lucia orioles is a series, composed of two second long varied whistles played in a sequence.
Bahama OrioleIcterus northropiThe Bahama oriole is a black and yellow oriole that has small white markings on the wings and tail.
Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberiThe Montserrat oriole is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long.
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