Hooded Oriole

When to see the Hooded Oriole

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hooded Oriole

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada.

About the Hooded Oriole

The hooded oriole is a medium-sized New World oriole. The male of this species ranges in color from a bright orange to a paler yellow, with a black back, face, tail and bib, with the wing containing two white bars. The female is more of an olive color with some yellow accents.

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Easily confused with

Altamira OrioleIcterus gularisBoth males and females have a black mandible and throat, as well as a black back and long black tail. Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusThe streak-backed oriole is 19 to 21 cm (7.5 to 8.3 in) long. Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysaterYellow-backed orioles are a yellow-bodied, sexually monomorphic species.