Orioles Seen In North America

Altamira Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus gularis
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

The Altamira Oriole is a New World oriole. It is widespread in subtropical lowlands of the Mexican Gulf Coast and northern Central America, the Pacific coast and inland. It is the largest oriole in the genus Icterus.

Audubon’s Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus graduacauda
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)

The Audubon's Oriole was formerly known as the Black-headed Oriole. It is a New World passerine inhabiting the forests and thickets of southeastern Texas and the Mexican coast. It is the only species to have a black hood and yellow body. It is divided into four subspecies and two allopatric breeding ranges. Wikipedia

Baltimore Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus galbula
Conservation Status: Least Concern

The Baltimore Oriole is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. Wikipedia

Black-backed Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus abeillei
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

The Black-backed Oriole is an attractive orange-and-black oriole endemic to central Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, it is also found in cities.

Black-cowled Oriole 

Scientific Name: Icterus prosthemelas
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

The Black-cowled Oriole is an attractive black-and-yellow of humid tropical lowlands. It is found in the eastern half of mainland Central America. It is very similar in appearance to the Black-vented Oriole.

Black-vented Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus wagleri
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

The Black-vented Oriole is a brightly colored orange bird usually found along rivers or near bodies of water. It is a vagrant from Mexico and Central America. It favors scrubby woodlands and semiopen areas with tall hedges of flowering trees, also in flowering coconut plantations on the Pacific coast.

Bullock’s Oriole 

Scientific Name: Icterus bullockii
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

The Bullock's Oriole is a medium-sized songbird with a slim but sturdy body and medium-long tail. It is a native to western North America, especially most of the western United States.

Hooded Oriole 

Scientific Name: Icterus cucullatus
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

The Hooded Oriole is a fairly large songbird with longer and more delicate body than other orioles. It is a permanent resident in Baja California Sur, the Mexican east coast, and Belize. 

Orchard Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus spurius
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

The Orchard Oriole is a slim songbird, larger than warblers and vireos. It is found throughout most of the southeastern regions of North America. It prefers habitat with open woods, parks, orchards and rural areas. 

Scott’s Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus parisorum
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

The Scott's Oriole is a medium-sized icterid with contrasted yellow and black plumage. It is primarily found in the Southwestern United States and south to Baja California Sur and central Mexico. It is very common from Sacramento and south in California.

Spot-breasted Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus pectoralis
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)

The Spot-breasted Oriole is a mid-sized songbird and generally typical oriole. It is an introduced oriole to North America. This native bird to Mexico and Central America was first discovered in Florida in the late 1940's and is now found in local city parks and woodlands.

Streak-backed Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus pustulatus
Conservation Status: Least Concern (Population stable)

The Streak-backed Oriole is a medium-sized species of passerine bird from the icterid family. It is the commonest orange-and-black oriole of tropical lowlands and foothills along the Pacific coast and in dry interior valleys. It is native to Central America and Mexico and is an occasional visitor to the United States.