The female Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) has greenish-gray upperparts, yellowish underparts and two wing bars. Hooded orioles eat a variety of insects, along with flower nectar, fruit, and other plant materials.
The male Hooded Oriole has a more vivid reddish-orange head and dark throat and breast with two white wing bars. Hooded orioles inhabit palm trees, mesquite, dry shrubs, and some deciduous and riparian woodlands; often found around ranches and towns.
They usually construct a large, hanging nest with a variety of grasses, Spanish moss, thin branches, as well as dry vegetables, hair, and other local materials woven together, and suspend it from the limbs of trees or cacti.
The Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) measures from 7-8 1/2 in. The male has a black head, back, wings, and tail, and an orange breast, rump, and shoulder patch. The female oriole is olive-brown with dull yellow-orange underparts and two dull white wing bars.
In the fall the Baltimore Oriole migrates to the tropics of Mexico, Central and South America. It likes to migrate to the tropics because it likes a warm climate and it is able to find its food there.
The Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) has a sharply-pointed bill. The male has a black head, back, breast, wings and tail. The underparts, shoulder, and rump are a brownish orange. The immature male is similar to the female but has black throat. The female has greenish-gray upperparts and yellowish underparts with two wing bars.
