Orchard Oriole in the Backyard
Caledonia Wisconsin
The orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) is the smallest North American
species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of
Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the
ochre oriole.
This species is 6.3 in (16 cm) long and weighs 20 g (0.71 oz). The
bill is pointed and black with some blue-gray at the base of the lower
mandible (Howell and Webb 1995). The adult male of the nominate
subspecies has chestnut on the underparts, shoulder, and rump, with the
rest of the plumage black. In the subspecies I. s. fuertesi, the
chestnut is replaced with ochre (Howell and Webb 1995). The adult female
and the juvenile of both subspecies have olive-green on the upper parts
and yellowish on the breast and belly.
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