The female and the immature can be confused with a dull Baltimore oriole. Female and immature hooded orioles are entirely yellow below, slimmer, and longer tailed and have a thin, downcurved bill.

Hooded, Scott’s and spot-breasted orioles. All orioles except the spot-breasted oriole breed in Texas. European settlers to North America named the colorful birds orioles because of their ...

Mangaluru: The annual campus bird count at the Mangalore University campus recorded a total of 104 bird species.

Black Hooded Oriole. (Courtesy: Surya Prakash) The 25th edition of Big Bird Day (BBD) was deemed a success. The annual citizen-led birding event, held on February each year, saw over 500 experts ...