Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus
Perching
Length: 8 in. (20 cm )
This beautiful bird is a harbinger of Spring in the Southwest. It feeds on nectar, fruit and insects in the wild, and it is thus easily attracted to humming bird feeders and orange halves placed out for it, especially in March and April when it first returns from its wintering grounds in Mexico. The long, hanging nest is woven from palm fibers and grass and often suspended in the crown of a palm tree. The Hooded Oriole will maintain its population in suburbs, but only if parasitizing cowbirds do not become too common.
The four-digit banding code is HOOR.
Female |
Male |
Male |
Desert
Riparian / River forest
Urban city
Bibliographic details:
- Article: Hooded Oriole
- Author(s): Dr. Biology
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed:
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hooded-oriole
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:37). Hooded Oriole. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hooded-oriole
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Hooded Oriole". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hooded-oriole
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Hooded Oriole". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hooded-oriole
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