Marie Read / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) male with spider prey, perched in crabapple blossom in spring, Ithaca, New York, USA

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) male perched in pear (Pyrus sp.) blossom, eastern redbud in background, New York, USA. May.

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) male singing in spring, perched on Pear blossom (Pyrus sp.) flowers, New York, USA May.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) female perched on Berlandier's fiddlewood (Citharexylum berlandieri). South Padre Island, Texas, USA. April.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) outside hanging nest. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) male feeding on Lemon bottlebrush (Callistemon pallidus) flowers. South Padre Island, Texas, USA.

Francisco Marquez / Streak-backed oriole ( Icterus pustulatus graysonii ) subspecies that inhabits the Islas Marías, Marias Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Francisco Marquez / Streak backed oriole ( Icterus pustulatus graysonii ) Islas Marias Archipelago, Marias Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Wendy Shattil / Hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus) male in the hand, mist netted and banded by Texas Parks and Wildlife. Southmost Preserve, The Nature Conservancy reserve, Brownsville, Texas, USA. July 2019.

Heather Angel / Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis) nectaring on Quickstick / Mother of cocoa tree (Gliricidia sepium) flower. Chiapas, Mexico.

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) first year female perched with newly-emerged leaves in spring, New York, USA, May.

Paul Hobson / Black-cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas) perched on branch. Costa Rica.

Robin Chittenden / Yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) Trinidad and Tobago, April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), adult male feeding on Lemon / Crimson bottlebrush flower (Melaleuca citrina), South Padre Island, Texas, USA. April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), male feeding on blooming Lemon bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush (Melaleuca citrina), South Padre Island, Texas, USA. April

Cyril Ruoso / Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii) male looking for insects, South Texas, USA, April.

Cyril Ruoso / Male Hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus) perched on top of Elephant cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) Vizcaino Desert, Baja California, Mexixo, May.

Wim van den Heever / Orange-backed troupial (Icterus croconotus) looking down off branch, Pantanal, Brazil.

George Sanker / Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) perched, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, June.

Marie Read / Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) male singing in spring, New York, USA May.

Marie Read / Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) male feeding from catkins of Eastern cottonwood. New York, USA. May.

Ben Cranke / Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus) perched on a tree branch, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Sam Hobson / St. Lucia oriole (Icterus laudabilis). Endemic. Bouton, Saint Lucia.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Orange-backed troupial (Icterus croconotus) perched, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Roland Seitre / Montserrat Oriole (Icterus oberi) captive. Critically endangerded species.

Roland Seitre / Yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) Peninsula de Macanao, Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.

Paul Hobson / Black cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas) Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) a winter migrant which breeds in Central and North America, perched on branch, Northern Costa Rica, Central America

Suzi Eszterhas / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) a winter migrant which breeds in Central and North America, perched on branch, Northern Costa Rica, Central America

Suzi Eszterhas / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) a winter migrant which breeds in Central and North America, perched on branch, Northern Costa Rica, Central America

Visuals Unlimited / Black-cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas), Costa Rica

Murray Cooper / Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) pairs courting, South America

Murray Cooper / Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) pair courting, South America

Murray Cooper / Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) fluffing, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) pair, Ecuador