Hooded Oriole

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Icteridae

Genus

Icterus

eBird Code

hooori

Vocalizations

Subspecies (5)

• Icterus cucullatus cucullatus

  southwestern Texas (Del Rio) to southeastern Mexico (Veracruz and Oaxaca)

• Icterus cucullatus igneus

  Yucatan Peninsula, including islas Holbox, Contoy, Mujeres, and Cozumel, to Belize

• Icterus cucullatus nelsoni

  breeds northern California eastward to western Texas (southwestern USA), southward to northern Baja California, Sonora, and northern Chihuahua (northwestern Mexico); non-breeding range extends southward to Sinaloa (western Mexico)

• Icterus cucullatus sennetti

  lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas (USA) to eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas)

• Icterus cucullatus trochiloides

  southern Baja California (latitude 27°N to Cabo San Lucas)