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Bullock's oriole (female)
Icterus bullockii

Bullock's oriole (female)
Female Bullock's oriole drying off in an ironwood tree after a bath. Ajo, AZ. March 2008.
Bullock's oriole (female)
Bullock's oriole (female)

Size: 9 inches
Overall Color: gray
Occurrence: town
Diet: insects, fruit, nectar
Nest: hanging
Field Identification: yellow head, tail and pale yellow breast
Season: spring-summer


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: 83 Icteridae (icterids)
Genus: Icterus
Species: bullockii

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