Slim songbirds with a straight, sharply pointed bill. Adult males are mostly black above with chestnut underparts and a chestnut patch in the wings.
Slim songbird with a straight, sharply pointed bill. Females are greenish yellow with two white wing bars and no black on the head or back.
Immature males are greenish yellow overall like females, but have a black throat.
The subspecies (Fuertes's) that breeds in northeast Mexico and winters in southwest Mexico has golden yellow underparts instead of chestnut.
As immature males molt into adult plumage patches of chestnut and black feathers begin to replace the greenish yellow feathers.
Small for an Oriole with a straight, sharply pointed bill. Adult males have a black hood and upper back and a chestnut rump and underparts.
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Orchard Orioles are slim songbirds, larger than warblers and vireos. They have medium-length tails, rounded heads, and a straight, sharply pointed bill.
Larger than a Yellow Warbler; smaller than a Baltimore Oriole.
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