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Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Bolsero de Bullock
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Breeding plumage male - Photo: S. Bentsen
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Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Bolsero de Bullock
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Breeding plumage male - Photo: S. Bentsen
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BullockÆs Oriole has a large, white, wing patch, and a black and orange pattern on the head. Length: 18 cm.; weight: 29-43 g. Audio (M. Oberle). It breeds in western North America and was formerly lumped with the Baltimore Oriole, because of evidence of limited interbreeding on the Great Plains. Older books refer to the combined group as the Northern Oriole. Accidental in Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; ICTERIDAE. |
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Immature male, first spring - Photo: G. Lasley
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Immature - Photo: S. Bentsen
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Female - Photo: S. Bentsen
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References Bent, A.C. 1958. Life histories of North American blackbirds, orioles, tanagers, and allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 211. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1965). Jaramillo A. and P. Burke. 1999. New World Blackbirds: The Icterids. Princeton Univ Press. Howell, S.N.G. and S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford Univ Press. Lee, C.T. and A. Birch. 1998. Field identification of female and immature BullockÆs and Baltimore Orioles. Birding 30:282-295. Lee, C. T. and A. Birch. 2001. Wing coverts as an aid to identifying female and immature Bullock's and Baltimore Orioles---another look. Birding 33(1):61-68. Orians, G. 1985. Blackbirds of the Americas. Univ. of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. Rising, J.D. and P.L. Williams. 1999. BullockÆs Oriole (Icterus bullockii). No. 416 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Woods, P. 1999. Delayed plumage maturation in orioles. Birding 31(5):416-420. Bullock's Oriole, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |