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The Baltimore Oriole, scientifically named *Icterus galbula*, is a species within the genus *Icterus*. It belongs to the class Aves and is diurnal in its activity cycle. The species has been assigned the IUCN conservation status of Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2018. Its taxonomic range includes Brazil in South America.
The bird is named after Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. It is also referred to by the common names Baltimoretrupial, Turpial de Baltimore, and Oriole de Baltimore. The species has a litter size of 4.5, and its maximum longevity is recorded as 14 years.
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Least ConcernBaltimore Oriole
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Maximum longevity: 14 years
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Icterus
- Named after
- Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
- Image
- Icterus-galbula-002.jpg
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Icterus galbula
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- Icterus galbula
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- Icterus galbula
- litter size
- 4.5
- taxon range
- South America
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon common name
- baltimorski trupial
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Encyclopedic overview
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 17th-century 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. Research by James Rising, a professor of zoology at the University of Toronto, and others showed that the two birds actually did not interbreed significantly.
The Baltimore oriole is the state bird of Maryland, and the namesake and mascot for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baltimore Oriole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.