Icterus galbula
(L 8" Wt 1.2 oz)
Striking orange and black plumage
...term “oriolus” is from Albertus
Magnus in 1250.
Hotel Bougainvillea
07Jan2023
© BirdNote,
Ellen
Blackstone
© Matthew D.
Medler
Macaulay
Library
Icterus in Greek means
yellow
bird; galbula in Latin means
small yellowish bird.
The Baltimore Oriole is nothing
more (and nothing less) than a
blackbird with lots of orange on it.
(Jeffrey A. Gordon)