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| Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, is a small icterid blackbird which is 18 cm long and weighs 34 g. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Icterids are a group of small to medium often colourful Passerine Birds restricted to the New World. This bird received its name from the fact that the male's colors resemble those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Baron Baltimore, of Baltimore in County Cork, is an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland. The Baltimore Orioles, an American League baseball team in Baltimore, Maryland, were named after this bird. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each It is also the state bird of Maryland. This is a list of US state birds as designated by each state's legislature
Adults have a pointed bill and white bars on the wings. The adult male is orange on the underparts, shoulder patch and rump. All of the rest of the male is black. The adult female is yellow-brown on the upper parts with darker wings, and dull orange on the breast and belly.
The male sings a loud fluty whistle that often gives away the bird's location before any sighting can be made. Click here to listen to the whistle of a Baltimore Oriole.
Distribution and ecology
The breeding habitats of these birds are the edges of deciduous and mixed woods across eastern North America. Botany Autumn leaf color. See --> In Botany and Horticulture, deciduous Plants, including The range of this bird overlaps with that of the similar Bullock's Oriole in the midwest, and the two species are sometimes considered to be conspecific under the name Northern Oriole because they form fertile hybrids. The Bullock's Oriole, Icterus bullockii, is a small blackbird.
These birds migrate in flocks to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of Birds Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Some birds may remain near feeders in winter. Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox
The Baltimore Oriole's nest is a tightly woven pouch located on the end of a branch, hanging down on the underside.
The Baltimore Oriole is a rare vagrant to western Europe, and there are a couple of British records of birds wintering near garden feeders, including one in Oxford in December 2003. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands A garden is a planned space usually outdoors set aside for the display cultivation and enjoyment of Plants and other forms of Nature. A birdfeeder, bird feeder, or bird table is a device placed out-of-doors to supply Bird food to Birds The success of a bird feeder in attracting Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Perhaps the most remarkable record was the incident occurring on 7th and 8th of October, 2001. On this date, in Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland, the first record of this species in Ireland was made. Baltimore (Dún na Séad is a harbour town in western County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe.
Baltimore Orioles forage in trees and shrubs, also making short flights to catch insects. A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the Air (or movement beyond Earth's atmosphere, in the case of Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described They mainly eat insects, berries and nectar, and are often seen sipping at hummingbird feeders. The word berry has two meanings one based on a botanical definition the other on common identification Nectar is a Sugar -rich liquid produced by plants It is produced either by the Flowers in which it attracts pollinating animals or by extrafloral Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. Oriole feeders contain essentially the same food as hummingbird feeders, but are designed for orioles, and are orange instead of red and have larger perches. The colour orange occurs Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Perca is the genus of fish referred to as perch or sometimes yellow perch, a group of freshwater Fish belonging to the family Percidae Baltimore Orioles are also fond of halved oranges and, in their winter quarters, the red arils of Gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba)[1]. An orange —specifically the sweet orange —is the Citrus fruit Citrus sinensis ( syn Distinguish from Aryl, which is a type of organic chemical radical Bursera simaruba ( Gumbo-limbo) is a Tree Species in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical regions of the
Footnotes
- ^ Foster (2007)
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Icterus galbula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Foster, Mercedes S. (2007): The potential of fruiting trees to enhance converted habitats for migrating birds in southern Mexico. Bird Conservation International 17(1): 45-61. doi:10.1017/S0959270906000554 PDF fulltext
- Hilty, Steven L. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. (2003): Birds of Venezuela. Christopher Helm, London. The Helm Identification Guides are a series of books dealing with the identification of groups of Birds The series include two types of guide those whose ISBN 0-7136-6418-5
- Stiles, F. Gary & Skutch, Alexander Frank (1989): A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Comistock, Ithaca. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
External links
- Baltimore Oriole - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Baltimore Oriole Information and Photos - South Dakota Birds and Birding
- Stamps
- Baltimore Oriole videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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