Oriole Feeders

LISTEN TO A BALTIMORE ORIOLE BIRD

Baltimore Oriole Identification Tips:

Length: 6.5 inches
Sharply-pointed bill
Male:
Black head, back, wings and tail
Orange underparts, shoulder, and rump
Orange tips to outer tail feathers
White wing bar and edges
Immature male similar to female but brighter orange

with variable amounts of black on head

Female:
Brownish-gray upperparts
Dull yellowish-orange breast and undertail coverts
Gray belly
Two wing bars
Similar species:

Male Baltimore Oriole can be told from other black and orange orioles

by its completely black head. Female is similar

to other female orioles but can be told from Bullock's

by its more orange breast and less gray upperparts.

Hooded and Orchard orioles have more extensively yellow underparts.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966).

Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.