Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, is a passerine of the Icteridae family that breeds across central and south-eastern Canada and central and south-eastern USA, and spends the non-breeding season in Colombia and Venezuela. It is a migratory bird of eastern North America. The species was once grouped with Bullock’s Oriole as the northern oriole, but later work showed that the two do not interbreed significantly. Baltimore Oriole is the state bird of Maryland and gives its name to the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Breeding range

North America: c, se Canada to c, se USA

Nonbreeding range

to Colombia and Venezuela