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[[Image:Orchard_Oriole.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by steve messick]] | [[Image:Orchard_Oriole.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by steve messick]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
9-10 in. Chestnut underneath, black head, back, tail, and wings, thin straight bill. Females and immatures are olive-green above with two white wing-bars and yellowish underparts; immature males have a dark throat. | 9-10 in. Chestnut underneath, black head, back, tail, and wings, thin straight bill. Females and immatures are olive-green above with two white wing-bars and yellowish underparts; immature males have a dark throat. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | Eastern [[United States]] from eastern [[Montana]] and eastern [[New Mexico]] east and north to southern [[Michigan]], central [[New York]], and [[Massachusetts]] south into central [[Mexico]]; absent from southern [[Florida]]. Winters in [[Central America]] south to [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]. |
| + | Rare to casual vagrant in western United States. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Trees along streams, rivers and lakes, and on farms and parklands. | Trees along streams, rivers and lakes, and on farms and parklands. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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The diet includes insects, berries and nectar; also flower parts. | The diet includes insects, berries and nectar; also flower parts. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Icterus+spurius}} | {{GSearch|Icterus+spurius}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:12, 3 August 2008
- Icterus spurius
Identification
9-10 in. Chestnut underneath, black head, back, tail, and wings, thin straight bill. Females and immatures are olive-green above with two white wing-bars and yellowish underparts; immature males have a dark throat.
Distribution
Eastern United States from eastern Montana and eastern New Mexico east and north to southern Michigan, central New York, and Massachusetts south into central Mexico; absent from southern Florida. Winters in Central America south to Colombia and Venezuela. Rare to casual vagrant in western United States.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Trees along streams, rivers and lakes, and on farms and parklands.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects, berries and nectar; also flower parts.
They build a deep, hanging cup nest, although woven of grass fibres, hidden within dense foliage, often in a dense cluster of trees. The young leave the nest 11 to 14 days after hatching.
