Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)
Icterus spurius Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)

America’s smallest oriole doesn’t range quite as far north as the Baltimore Oriole, and mature males are brick red instead of bright orange. Year-old males are yellow but easily told from females by the black lores and throat. Females sometimes look like slightly oversized warblers.

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