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Audubon's Oriole

Icterus graduacaudaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Blackbirds and Orioles (Icteridae)

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Forests



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:

Uncommon and local



Egg Color:

Pale blue or gray with brown or purple marks



Number of Eggs:

3 - 5



Incubation Days:

12 - 14



Egg Incubator:

Female



Nest Material:

Grasses



Migration:

Nonmigratory



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Overview

Audubon's Oriole: Large oriole with yellow-green upperparts, black hood extending onto upper breast, and lemon-yellow underparts. Wings are black with a single white bar and white-edged feathers. Tail is all black. Swift and direct flight with rapid wing beats low under the canopy.

Range and Habitat

Audubon's Oriole: Occurs in the Rio Grande Valley of southernmost Texas. From southern Texas, range extends south along the Gulf of Mexico through the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Hidalgo, and Queretaro. Preferred habitats include riparian thickets, scrub, forest undergrowth, and semiarid pine-oak woodlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Audubon's Oriole: Three to five brown- or purple-speckled, black-scrawled, pale blue or gray eggs are laid in a woven nest made of fresh grass; nest hangs attached by top and side from small vertical terminal branch, 6 to 14 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Audubon's Oriole: Eats insects and some fruits; frequently forages on the ground.

Readily Eats

Suet, Jelly, Orange Halves, Raisins

Vocalization

Audubon's Oriole: Song is a soft series of three-note warbles "peut-pou-it," each note a different pitch, with the second note highest. Call is a nasal "yehnk, yehnk," often repeated.

Similar Species

Audubon's Oriole: Scott's Oriole has black, not yellow, back. Other U.S. orioles do not have a black hood.

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Family Orioles and Blackbirds (Icteridae)_blue
Species Icterus graduacauda
Length8.5 - 9.5 Inches
Wingspan14 Inches

Audubon's Oriole

Audubon's Oriole: Large oriole with yellow-green upperparts, black hood extending onto upper breast, and lemon-yellow underparts. Wings are black with a single white bar and white-edged feathers. Tail is all black. Swift and direct flight with rapid wing beats low under the canopy.

● Song: "peut-pou-it"

● Foraging & Feeding: Audubon's Oriole: Eats insects and some fruits; frequently forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Audubon's Oriole: Three to five brown- or purple-speckled, black-scrawled, pale blue or gray eggs are laid in a woven nest made of fresh grass; nest hangs attached by top and side from small vertical terminal branch, 6 to 14 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Audubon's Oriole: Scott's Oriole has black, not yellow, back. Other U.S. orioles do not have a black hood.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Audubon's Oriole Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Audubon's Oriole: Occurs in the Rio Grande Valley of southernmost Texas. From southern Texas, range extends south along the Gulf of Mexico through the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Hidalgo, and Queretaro. Preferred habitats include riparian thickets, scrub, forest undergrowth, and semiarid pine-oak woodlands.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationUncommon and local
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces