This is an adult male. These striking orioles replace the Baltimore Oriole in the West. They are very common throughout the lowlands, but tend to avoid the immediate coast and higher elevations. Although formerly lumped with the Baltimore Oriole under the name Northern Oriole, the Bullock's is actually more closely related to the Streak-backed Oriole than either is to the Baltimore Oriole. Despite the name "Oriole", these birds are in a totally different family from the Old World Oriolidae. Instead they are members of the New World Blackbirds, Icteridae.
