Hooded Oriole (Male)

• Scientific Name: Icterus Cucullatus
• Common Name: Hooded Oriole (Male)
• Diet: insects, berries, nectar
• Color: orange/yellow
• Size: 8 inches
• Active Period: Summer
• Habitat: town
• Field Identification: black back and tail, long slightly decurved bill, black face
• Nest: pendant basket
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Icterus
• Family: Icteridae (icterids)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: cucullatus