Fully grown maroon orioles are fierce birds with few natural enemies, and they generally feed in mixed flocks with other bird species. But in the breeding season their chicks are much coveted by snakes, squirrels, crows and sparrowhawks, and an attack will often prompt the sensitive parent birds to abandon the nest they have built.
成長後的朱鸝頗為凶悍，鮮有天敵，常常混在其他鳥群中覓食，但一到繁殖季節，幼雛卻不時遭受蛇、松鼠、巨嘴鴉、松雀鷹虎視眈眈，敏感的朱鸝雙親常因此放棄築好的鳥巢。