Scientific Name: Icterus bullockii

Residency: Summers throughout the state of Arizona. Spend the year and winter in the southeastern corner of the state.

Diet: Eats insects, fruit, and flower nectar.

Predators: Cooper’s Hawk, American Crow, Gopher Snake, and Western Scrub-Jay.

Nesting: Hanging nest of plant fibers, suspended from branch 6-60 ft. high. Eggs:  4-6 per brood, pale bluish white with dark marks, one brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes:  Pants when stressed by heat.

Photo: To be added.

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