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Baltimore Oriole - (Icterus galbula) 

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Identification

  • Medium-sized songbird
  • Male has black head, bill, wings, back and
        
    tail; bright orange breast underparts,
         rump, and outer corners of tail
  • Female duller with brownish-olive head
         and back, pale "washed out" orange
         underparts, two dull white wingbars
  • 7-8" (18-21 cm.)

Habitat

  • Deciduous forests, residential areas
  • Open areas with tall trees

Additional Information

  • Common migrant and summer resident
  • Builds long, woven, hanging nest at
         end of small branch

Comparable Species

A male baltimore oriole looking so sharp

Famle Baltimore oriole hiding among the oak leaves 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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