Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. Observations of interbreeding between the Baltimore oriole and the western Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii, led to both being classified as a single species, called the northern oriole, from 1973 to 1995.
- Family
- Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 33 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 23
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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