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Posted by Bill Pranty on 19:18:34 02/21/11
In Reply to: Re: Orchard Oriole, Ash-throated Flycatcher posted by Toe
I'm wondering if anybody else thinks that Roberto's oriole is something other than an Orchard. In my experience, Orchards are entirely yellow below and above (except on the head and for the wing-bars of course) and have a very slender bill with a noticeably decurved culmen.
To me, Roberto's oriole shows much butterscotch on the head and breast and undertail coverts, separated by a pale belly. This underparts pattern is more suggestive of a Baltimore or Bullock's orioles than Orchard.
Also, the black bib does not encompass the eyes, as it should on an Orchard.
Best regards,
Bill Pranty
Bayonet Point, Florida
If this bird is not an Orchard
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