Bullock's Oriole Photo Gallery

Adult male

Slim but sturdy songbirds with a medium-long tail and a sharply pointed bill. Adult males are bright orange with a black back and large white wing patch. Note black line through the eye and black throat.

Adult male

Adult male

A nimble oriole that often perches and forages at the tips of twigs. This video has no audio.

Female

Females have a yellowish-orange head and tail, a grayish back, a whitish belly, and white wingbars.

Female

Both male and female Bullock's Orioles sing—the male more sweetly, the female often more prolifically.

Female

Often visits sugar water feeders. This video has no audio.

Female/immature male

Immature males show some black on the chin, crown, and between the bill and eye.

Female/immature male

Typically a bird of western North America, but stray individuals regularly appear in the East.

Adult male

Picks insects from leaves and twigs and sometimes takes nectar from flowering plants.

Female/immature male

Breed in riparian and open woodlands, including urban parks.

Immature male

Immature males look like females, but have a black throat and a dark eyeline.

Immature male

Builds a gourd-shaped nest that is suspended from the ends of flexible branches.This video has no audio.

Habitat

Found in open woodland along streams, particularly among cottonwoods. They also occur in orchards, parks, and oak or mesquite woodlands.