What Does a Baltimore Oriole Look Like? A male Baltimore oriole bird has a full black hood and fiery orange plumage. The bird’s vibrant underparts, shoulders and rump can vary from flaming ...

Call a soft chuck. Scott's Oriole is a bird of desert mountains and yucca in the southwest deserts. The male is black above, including head, breast, back, wings and tail. It has white wing patches.

The orange supercilium, black eye line, and solid white wing patch are diagnostic for the adult male Bullock’s. The female and the immature can be confused with a dull Baltimore oriole.

The Bullock’s oriole, a native of the Great Plains or Far West, typically spends winters in Mexico. Bruce Beehler is a naturalist and author, whose books include “Natural Encounters” and “Birds of ...