Baltimore oriole: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Baltimore oriole lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Icterus galbula
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Europe, North America, South America
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Icteridae

Where does the Baltimore oriole live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Baltimore oriole in 17 countries and territories across Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Baltimore oriole endangered?

The Baltimore oriole’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Baltimore oriole?

The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Icteridae, genus Icterus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Baltimore oriole (revision 1370824858), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q805774 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).