Bird Guide

Hooded Oriole

Icterus cucullatus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: ICTERIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Named for the orange hood on the male, this slender oriole is at home in suburban areas of the southwestern United States. It originally nested in the trees of desert oases, but finds ornamental trees suitable.

Songs

Song, chatter calls

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Arizona May 1987
Songs and chatter calls

Recorded by L. Irby Davis, Carl A. Aiken
June 1958
Wandering song with chatters

Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
Arizona May 1979
Song

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Texas May 1993

Macaulay Library

Calls

'Wheet' call (high-pitched)

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
California April 2001
'Wheet' call

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
California May 2002
Various calls and whisper song

Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
Arizona May 1979
Chatter calls, scold calls, wheet calls

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Arizona May 1987
Chatter-like flight calls

Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
Arizona April 1979
'Wheet' call

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Texas April 1995
Chatter call

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Texas April 1995

Macaulay Library

Song a rapid, choppy series of warbles. Call note a sharp, nasal "wheet." Also a rolling, dry chatter.

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