Immature and female Orchard Oriole is smaller than Bullock's and more greenish-yellow than yellow-orange, especially on the belly where Bullock's tends to be grayish. Immatures and females are more yellow on the underparts and lack the trace of an eyeline often seen with Bullock's. ![]() Hooded Oriole of California and the Southwest has a longer tail than Bullock's and a bill that curves slightly downward. Fortunately, Baltimore and Bullock's have a fairly small range overlap in the center of the continent-where they both occur, look for Baltimore's plainer, less yellowish head and less white edging on the wing coverts. Females and immatures are trickier, especially Baltimore. Adult male Hooded Oriole is orange on the neck and head with a black face adult male Orchard Oriole is brick red, not orange. Habitat © Henry Burton | Macaulay Library Similar SpeciesĪdult male orioles are fairly easy to distinguish: Baltimore Oriole has a fully black head and white wingbars instead of the black eyeline and white wing patch of Bullock's. Immature male with orange-yellow face, a black bib, black stripe through eyes, a dusky top of head and back of neck, striped back, and orange tail. Juvenile resembles adult female but is generally brighter yellow below, and usually lacks black feathers. Wings gray-brown, with one or two indistinct wingbars. Yellowish or dull greenish gray underparts, becoming paler on belly. Pale grayish brownish to yellowish upperparts, with indistinct dark streaking, but without black. Wing feathers black, edged white large white patch on wing. Middle tail feather black, the rest yellow, tipped with dusky or black. Black eyeline and black on chin and center of throat. ![]()
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