Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyIcteridae (Ictèrids)
- GenusIcterus (New World Orioles)
- SpeciesIcterus galbula (Baltimore Oriole)
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its common 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. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Baltimore Oriole sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Big Cypress National Preserve
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Shiny Cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Cacicus cela
Bronzed Cowbird
Molothrus aeneus
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Baltimore Oriole in Big Cypress National Preserve?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Baltimore Oriole sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Baltimore Oriole in Big Cypress National Preserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Baltimore Oriole in Big Cypress National Preserve in our monthly data.