Baltimore oriole
an oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, of eastern North America: a subspecies of the northern oriole.
Historical Examples
This is a smaller, more slender bird than the Baltimore oriole, and the female is less orange.
What Bird is That? Frank M. Chapman
They go to northern and high places to hide their homes, putting them as far out of reach as does the Baltimore oriole.
Citizen Bird Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
The nest of the Baltimore oriole forms a perfect family pouch, which it suspends from the upper branches of a shrub or tree.
Reptiles and Birds Louis Figuier
The Baltimore oriole suspended its beautiful hanging nest from a high horizontal branch of a Walnut tree.
Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1898 Various
noun
a North American oriole, Icterus galbula, the male of which has orange and black plumage
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