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Animal profile

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

AvesOpen deciduous woodland, riverside trees, orchards and leafy suburbsLeast Concern

Field profile

The Baltimore oriole is a slim blackbird relative, the male flame-orange and black. It weaves a hanging pouch nest suspended from the tips of high branches. Despite the colour and the name, it is not related to the orioles of Europe, Africa and Asia.

Scope note

This is an editorial profile, not a diagnostic field-identification guide or a substitute for current conservation assessments. Follow the cited sources on each fact for the evidence trail.

Published field notes

2023-07-09

Baltimore Oriole

American orioles are not orioles at all

The Baltimore oriole belongs to the New World blackbird family, alongside grackles and meadowlarks. The Old World orioles are a separate family on a different branch of the songbird tree, and the shared name records a colonial resemblance rather than kinship.

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Baltimore Oriole | Daily Animal Facts