Bird

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

A summer resident that nests in North Carolina. Found in all 100 counties, across 12 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 100 counties
Habitats: 12

Male Orchard Oriole, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Andrew Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 603480550. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 100 counties
Habitats: 12
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in North Carolina 12

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 12

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianNamed place / source context. Shown: Congaree Swamp National Monument floodplain forest, South Carolina; representative illustration, no exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.fallen (uprooted) tree, John Dawson, by1988. Public domain. Source record.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland SystemsRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

SummerCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old FieldLyell Carr, Black Mountain: a pasture and hayfield with a log barn, rail fence and grazing cow below the Black Mountains. Black Mountain, North Carolina (Lyell E. Carr)*Black Mountainlabel QS:Len,"Black Mountain"*, Lyell Carr, c. 1890-1912. Public domain. Source record.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianFrederic Edwin Church, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina (1865-70): a boulder-strewn mountain river under autumn-coloured ridges. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. North Carolina mountains (Frederic Edwin Church, oil sketch 1865-70; Cooper Hewitt)*Drawing, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina, 1865–70*, Frederic Edwin Church, 1865-1870. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerSouthern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems

Other habitats in its models (75)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in North Carolina. Those recorded in North Carolina first, the rest by region.

In North Carolina 2

Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.

Elsewhere in the South (32)

Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
South Florida Cypress Dome Summer.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer.

Northeast (2)

Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.

Midwest (7)

Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.

Land cover and other classes (32)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer.
Recently Burned Summer.
Recently Burned Forest Summer.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer.
Recently Logged Areas Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in North Carolina

Summer: nests here, in all 100 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in North Carolina, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.