Baltimore Oriole
Adult male
Medium-sized, sturdy-bodied songbird with a thick neck, long legs, and pointed bill. Adult males have an entirely black head and back with an orange rump and orange outer tail feathers.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 07, 2012Adult female
Thick-necked songbird with a long, pointed bill. Adult female plumage is highly variable ranging from a brownish to yellowish head and back. Note yellow tail and yellow undertail coverts.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 11, 2011Adult male
Note fairly long, sharply pointed bill—a useful feature to identify members of the blackbird family. Males are brilliant orange and black, with orange shoulder patch and broad white wingbar.
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 01, 1998Not all videos have soundImmature female
Immature females have a grayish back with faint streaking and a pale yellow wash on the head and breast. Note yellow tail.
© Sarah Gustafson | Macaulay LibraryVirginia, January 18, 2017Adult female
Female plumage is highly variable. Some have brownish heads and backs. Note yellow tail and undertail coverts.
© Bud Poole | Macaulay LibraryMaryland, May 13, 2017Adult male
Song is a rich whistle, rising and falling in a few phrases.
© Benjamin Clock | Macaulay LibraryMichigan, June 04, 2011Not all videos have soundAdult male
Flashes yellowish to orange outer tail feathers in flight.
© Joshua Covill | Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 28, 2017Adult male
Found in open woodland, forest edge, orchards, and stands of trees along rivers, in parks, and in backyards.
© Andrew Spencer | Macaulay LibraryOntario, May 06, 2015Adult male
Orioles often come to oranges offered at backyard feeding stations.
© Eric Liner | Macaulay LibraryNew York, May 01, 2006Not all videos have soundAdult male
Often visits fruit feeders. Note orangish outer tail feathers and black hood.
© Winston Poon | Macaulay LibraryOntario, May 19, 2017Adult male
Usually forages in treetops among fine twigs and leaves, where it can be hard to see despite its bright colors.
© Benjamin Clock | Macaulay LibraryMichigan, June 04, 2011Not all videos have sound