Black-vented Oriole

Description:

Very bright orange bellied Oriole. It contains the scapular orange much like that of the Altamria Oriole, but contains a full black hood. Also in comparison, the Altamira Oriole has orange extending beneath its wings on it's dorsal Vent. The Black-vented by contrast has extensive black from its hood to the bottom of it's tail deeming it "black vented"

Notes:

This is the rarest US bird I have had the honor of photographing. The Black-vented Oriole is a resident of Mexico to Panama. A single visitor has showed up to South Texas on 3 occassions now giving birders the opportunity to add this species to the US life list, and see it without extensive travel. Bentsen State Park, Mission, Texas With less than 6 accepted records of this species in the United States, the American Birding Association has labeled this bird as Code 5 (Code 6 = Non-existent, no records, Code 5, 1-6 accepted records,Code 4 = More than 6 Records but not seen yearly in the United States).