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Orchard Oriole
| Color: |
Black, Green, Orange |
| Size: |
7.25" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
Adult male is chestnut below and on the rump. The head, back and tail are black. Adult female is mostly greenish-yellow with a darker back and wings. First-year male resembles adult female but has a black face. |
| Voice: |
Rich warble sometimes ending in titi zheer.
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| Habitat: |
Open woodlands including forest edges, orchards, rural areas, and lightly urbanized areas. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Orchard Orioles are early spring migrants, arriving in Arkansas as early as the end of March. Likewise, they are early fall migrants, with most individuals gone by August. |
| Scientific name: |
Icterus spurius |
| Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Family: |
Icteridae |
Adult male Ben Meadors |
Female Delos McCauley |
Nest Steve Fischer |
First year male Robert Herron |
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