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What the Streak-backed Oriole sounds like
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The streak-backed oriole is 19 to 21 cm (7.5 to 8.3 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 43 g (1.5 oz) and females about 35 g (1.2 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies I. p. pustulatus have a deep orange head and breast with black lores, chin, and upper breast. Their upperparts are orange with heavy black streaks on the mantle and back. Their tail is mostly black with white tips on all the feathers and white outer edges on the outermost pair. Their lesser upperwing coverts are orange and the rest of their upperwing is mostly black. Voice: The streak-backed oriole's song is a "pleasant series of sweet, clear whistles (some elements repeated)" and its calls include " a saweet!-taweee!-tawee-tawee, a soft churr'teee, and harsh chatters".
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When to see the Streak-backed Oriole
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Streak-backed Oriole
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Streak-backed Oriole
The streak-backed oriole is a medium-sized species of passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Mexico, in Central America from Guatemala to Costa Rica, and occasionally in the United States.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysaterYellow-backed orioles are a yellow-bodied, sexually monomorphic species.
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorumScott's oriole is about 23 cm (9.1 in) long with a wingspan of 32 cm (13 in); it weighs 32 to 41 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz).
Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensisThe epaulet oriole is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long.
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