Field Guide/Birds/Caribbean

Hooded Oriole

Identification

18–20 cm (7–8 in) Breeding male

Orange -yellow head and nape Black back, face, throat, and upper breast Downward curved bill Black wings have two white bars Black tail

Female

Olive-grey upperparts Yellow-green underparts

Juvenile: similar to female; male may show black on throat Distribution

Breeds from central California, Nevada, central Arizona, southern New Mexico, and southern Texas southward through Mexico to Belize. Some of the Mexican breeders seems to have bred already in the same summer in the US before migrating to Mexico for their second round of nesting.