tags: Streaked-Back Oriole, Icterus pustulatus microstictus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Streaked-Back Oriole, Icterus pustulatus microstictus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 21 October 2007 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2007:10:21 07:34:06
Exposure Time: 1/400
F-Number: 8.00
ISO: 800
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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This is a tough one, not being able to see the face. I'm going with:
Flame-colored Tanager: yellow with a bit of orange, the black markings on the back and the white bar on the wing.
Yellow Grosbeak?
Very yellow, black streaks on back, black wings with white bars.
Streaked-back Oriole. What you can see of the beak seems to eliminate Yellow Grosbeak and a female crossbill (which were some of my choices). The yellow head and back also eliminates the crossbill and the tanager as their streaking looks more muddied or goes from crown to back. That leaves the orioles; and the sharp marking on the back looks like the streak-backed. A tricky picture.