Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

The orchard oriole is the smallest species of icterid. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the ochre oriole or Fuertes's oriole. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 326 times across 20 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 22°C (typically 18 to 25°C, from 27 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in North America ranged from 23°N in August to 43°N in June, about 2,200 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.