Orchard oriole

Orchard orioles prefer living near lakes and streams, nesting in tightly woven pouches attached to horizontal tree branches.The species name "spurius" refers to their original misidentification as female Baltimore orioles, and they are sometimes mistaken for New World warblers.[3] The adult male of the nominate subspecies has chestnut on the underparts, shoulder, and rump, with the rest of the plumage black.A 2009 study also found breeding in the thorn forest of Baja California Sur and the coast of Sinaloa during the summer "monsoon"; this region had previously been thought to be only a migratory stopover.The nominate subspecies' winter range extends from the coastal lowlands of central Sinaloa and southern Veracruz south to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela (Scharf and Kren 1996).[citation needed] The specific name spurius refers to the original misidentification of the male as a female Baltimore oriole.
male, Guatemala
First-year male in New York City
Female on milkweed plant, Delaware
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataPasseriformesIcteridaeIcterusBinomial nameLinnaeusSynonymsspeciesicteridsubspeciesMexicoCanada–United States borderthorn forestBaja California SurSinaloamonsoonTamaulipasVeracruzCameron County, TexasColombiaVenezuelaBaltimore orioleNew World warblersIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesBibcodeChristopher HelmWikispeciesInternet Bird CollectionWikidataARKiveAvibaseBirdLifeEURINGiNaturalistNatureServeNeotropicalObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePaleobiology DatabaseXeno-canto