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Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus Swainson, 1827
Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus, is a bird of North America and Middle America, breeding in south-west USA, Mexico and Belize. It belongs to the family Icteridae and was described by Swainson in 1827. It is a New World oriole with a curved bill that is entirely black. The adult male has a deep yellow-orange head, black on the face, throat, back, wings and tail, and orange below, while the female is olive-green above with yellow on the breast and belly. Its wings show two white bars.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: sw USA, Mexico and Belize
