Orchard Oriole Photo Gallery
Adult male (Orchard)
Slim songbirds with a straight, sharply pointed bill. Adult males are mostly black above with chestnut underparts and a chestnut patch in the wings.
© Bryan Calk / Macaulay LibraryTexas, May 13, 2020Female (Orchard)
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.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 20, 2015Immature male (Orchard)
Immature males are greenish yellow overall like females, but have a black throat.
© Alix d'Entremont / Macaulay LibraryNova Scotia, May 18, 2020Adult male (Fuertes's)
The subspecies (Fuertes's) that breeds in northeast Mexico and winters in southwest Mexico has golden yellow underparts instead of chestnut.
© Mark L. Hoffman / Macaulay LibraryVeracruz, April 23, 2018Immature male (Orchard)
As immature males molt into adult plumage patches of chestnut and black feathers begin to replace the greenish yellow feathers.
© Daniel Grossi / Macaulay LibraryOhio, May 15, 2018Adult male (Orchard)
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.
© Austin Jennings / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, May 04, 2018Adult female (Orchard)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 01, 1997Not all videos have soundMale (Orchard)
Spend summers in open woodlands and areas of scattered trees. Look for them along river edges, in pastures with scattered trees, and in parks and orchards.
© Gary Mueller / Macaulay LibraryMissouri, May 22, 2020Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Troupials and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Icteridae)
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