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 →
Closest Relatives at Isle Royale National Park
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven
Corvus corax
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Baltimore Oriole at Isle Royale National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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