Bird Identification: CLOSED: Orchard Oriole or Tanager, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
I would appreciate your expert opinion on this photo. I had identified it as a female Orchard Oriole. The photo has been on my website for a number of years but this week, I received the following message.

"I stumbled across this photo on the web. I think you may have a photo of a female tanager here. The bill shape looks more tanager to me versus oriole. Look especially at the upper mandible's thickness and curvature and see if you see the same thing. The wing bars make it sort of confusing, but from the photos I'm finding on the web, there seems to be variation in their presence/absence in tanagers".


He may be correct but I am having difficulty agreeing with his analyses. I've tried to compare the bill with male Orchard Orioles photo that I have.

I would appreciate your opinion, Resin. Others may chime in, also.

Thanks.