Featured Article: Hooded Oriole
Identification
18-20 cm (7-8 in)
Breeding male
- Orange -yellow head and nape
- Black back, face, throat, and upper breast
- Downward curved bill
- Black wings have two white bars
- Black tail
Female
- Olive-grey upperparts
- Yellow-green underparts
Juvenile: similar to female; male may show black on throat
Distribution
Breeds from central California, Nevada, central Arizona, southern New Mexico, and southern Texas southward through Mexico to Belize. Some of the Mexican breeders seems to have bred already in the same summer in the US before migrating to Mexico for their second round of nesting.
