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The Old World orioles (Oriolidae) are an Old World family of passerine birds. The family contains 41 species which are divided in 4 genera . The family includes two extinct species from New Zealand that are placed in the genus Turnagra .
Somewhat larger rapacious birds also sometimes opportunistically prey on the oriole, including peregrine falcons, great horned owls, and barn owls, while merlins may do so while orioles are migrating. [20] [21] The oldest recorded Baltimore oriole lived to 11 years and 7 months in the wild. They have been recorded living up to 14 years in ...
A Baltimore oriole stopped off at a bird feeder in Portsmouth. Ripe fruit is a favorite of orioles, so cutting oranges in half and hanging them from trees is a reliable strategy.
The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, but the female is a drabber green bird. Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy. In flight they look somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances.
Oriolus is now the only genus for which Linnaeus's 12th edition is cited as the original publication. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The name is derived from the old French word oriol , which is echoic in origin, derived from the call of the bird, [ 8 ] but some authors have suggested origins in classical Latin aureolus meaning "golden".
USA TODAY determined the rankings by adding the number of times each bird was listed as most-sighted for each state, each month. For example, over six seasons, the house sparrow was listed as top ...
Martinique oriole: Icterus bonana (Linnaeus, 1766) 57 Puerto Rican oriole: Icterus portoricensis Bryant, H, 1866: 58 Montserrat oriole: Icterus oberi Lawrence, 1880: 59 St. Lucia oriole: Icterus laudabilis Sclater, PL, 1871: 60 Hispaniolan oriole: Icterus dominicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) 61 Orange-crowned oriole: Icterus auricapillus Cassin, 1848: ...
Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii) is a small New World blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore oriole were considered to be a single species, the northern oriole . This bird is named after William Bullock , an English amateur naturalist .