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Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedOmnivoreForestCup nestSmall · 19 g
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 1
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 2
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 3
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 4
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 5
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 6
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 7
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 8
Photo: Irene · CC0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 9
Photo: Andrew Cannizzaro · CC BY 2.0
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), photo 10
Photo: lwolfartist · CC BY 2.0

What the Orchard Oriole sounds like

Sonogram of the Orchard Oriole: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Ryan Douglas · Song · Mount Airy, Frederick County, Maryland, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Orchard Oriole: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by steve · Song · Springer's Point Preserve (near Ocracoke), Hyde County, North Carolina, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Orchard Oriole: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Call · Grey Cloud Dunes SNA, Washington, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Measurements: Length: 5.9–7.1 in (15–18 cm) Weight: 0.6–1.0 oz (16–28 g) Wingspan: 9.8 in (25 cm) The bill is pointed and black with some blue-gray at the base of the lower mandible. The adult male of the nominate subspecies has chestnut on the underparts, shoulder, and rump, with the rest of the plumage black. In the subspecies I. s. fuertesi, the chestnut is replaced with ochre. The adult female and the juvenile of both subspecies have olive-green on the upper parts and yellowish on the breast and belly. All adults have pointed bills and white wing bars.

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When to see the Orchard Oriole

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orchard Oriole

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 20 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.

United States Canada Mexico Belize Guatemala Costa Rica Honduras El Salvador Panama Nicaragua Colombia Puerto Rico Cuba Bermuda Venezuela Bahamas Guadeloupe St. Pierre & Miquelon Trinidad & Tobago Cayman Islands

Recorded as a rare visitor in U.S. Virgin Islands.

About the Orchard Oriole

The orchard oriole is the smallest species of icterid. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the ochre oriole or Fuertes's oriole.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatusThe hooded oriole is a medium-sized New World oriole. Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) Altamira OrioleIcterus gularisBoth males and females have a black mandible and throat, as well as a black back and long black tail. Streak-backed Oriole (Icterus pustulatus) Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusThe streak-backed oriole is 19 to 21 cm (7.5 to 8.3 in) long.

Side by side: Baltimore Oriole vs Orchard Oriole · Altamira Oriole vs Orchard Oriole · Orchard Oriole vs Streak-backed Oriole

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