Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Icterus (16 species, 32 worldwide)


Black-backed Oriole
Black-backed Oriole (Icterus abeillei) ENDEMIC
United States  
   
Photograph by Brad Carlson   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange Oriole
Orange Oriole (Icterus auratus) Male
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico  
   
Photograph by James Batt   © All Rights Reserved.


Bullock's Oriole
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
Vancouver, Canada  
   
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-backed Oriole
Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater giraudii)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Hooded Oriole
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) Male
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico  
   
Photograph by James Batt   © All Rights Reserved.

Hooded Oriole
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) Female
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico  
   
Photograph by James Batt   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to Altamira Oriole, but note a little more black in the face.

Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Male
Rondeau Provincial Park, Canada  
   
Photograph by Mdf (Wikipedia)     Copyright and usage info

Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Male Immature
Costa Rica
  Female is variable in plumage (HBW) and this could be an immature male or female. The female may be yellower than the male.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant.

Audubon's Oriole
Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda audubonii)
Salineno, Texas, United States  
   
Photograph by Andy Morffew     Copyright and usage info


Altamira Oriole
Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
Salineno, Texas, United States
  The largest oriole.
   
Photograph by Andy Morffew     Copyright and usage info

Similar to Hooded Oriole, but note a little less black in the face.

Bar-winged Oriole
Bar-winged Oriole (Icterus maculialatus)
Mexico  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-tailed Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
  Only inside of the tail is yellow.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Scott's Oriole
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) Male
Madera Canyon, Arizona, United States  
   
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon     Copyright and usage info

Scott's Oriole
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) Female
Madera Canyon, Arizona, United States  
   
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon     Copyright and usage info


Spot-breasted Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
Florida,  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-cowled Oriole
Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Streak-backed Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole (Icterus pustulatus)
Playa Potrero, Guanacaste, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Orchard Oriole
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Male
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Orchard Oriole
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Female
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States  
   
Photograph by Kelly Colgan Azar     Copyright and usage info

Northern migrant.

Black-vented Oriole
Black-vented Oriole (Icterus wagleri castaneopectus)
La Petaca Road, Sinaloa, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.



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