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The orchard oriole is a small bird with a length of 5.9-7.1 inches, a weight of 0.6-1.0 ounces, and a wingspan of 9.8 inches. Adult males have chestnut or ochre underparts, while adult females and juveniles have olive-green upper parts and yellowish breasts and bellies. They inhabit semi-open areas with deciduous trees in eastern North America ...
New World orioles are a group of birds in the genus Icterus of the blackbird family. Unrelated to Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae, they are strikingly similar in size, diet, behavior, and strongly contrasting plumage. As a result, the two have been given the same vernacular name. Males are typically black and vibrant yellow or orange ...
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Hooded oriole: Icterus cucullatus Swainson, 1827: 52 Black-cowled oriole: Icterus prosthemelas (Strickland, 1850) 53 Orchard oriole: Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) 54 Cuban oriole: Icterus melanopsis (Wagler, 1829) 55 Bahama oriole: Icterus northropi Allen, JA, 1890: 56 Martinique oriole: Icterus bonana (Linnaeus, 1766) 57 Puerto Rican oriole
Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius (R) Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus; Streak-backed oriole, Icterus pustulatus (R) Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii; Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula (R) Scott's oriole, Icterus parisorum (R) Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus; Tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor; Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater
The smallest icterid species is the orchard oriole, in which the female averages 15 cm in length (6 in) and 18 g (0.040 lb) in weight, while the largest is the Amazonian oropendola, the male of which measures 52 cm (20 in) and weighs about 550 g (1.21 lb).
Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius (O) Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus; Streak-backed oriole, Icterus pustulatus (O) Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula (O) Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii (U) Scott's oriole, Icterus parisorum; Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus (O) Bronzed cowbird, Molothrus aeneus (O) Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
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