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Icterus spurius
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Description

9-10 in. Males are bright chestnut underneath, while the head, back, tail, and wings are black; a thin straight bill. Females and immatures are olive-green above with two white wing-bars and yellowish underparts; immature males have a dark throat. Immature males aquire the adult plumage in there second summer.

Voice :

Song is a musical chirping warble. Best heard in the spring soon after the male arrives.

Range :

Breeds in eastern North America into central Mexico and winters from Mexico into northern South America.

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