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Northern Oriole Icterus galbula [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Icteridae
BTO Codes:
, NOROR
EURING No:
19180
Number in Britain:
0 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
18 cm
Wingspan:
30 cm
Weight:
M/F: 36 g
Scientific name from:
Mod. L. icterus =yellowish
and L.: galbula =small yellowish bird
World Distribution:
BREEDS: c&e North America, WINTERS: Mexico to nw South America
Habitat:
Woodland
Diet:
Insects, spiders and fruit
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Shetland, 1890
(Workman, W.B. 1963. British Birds 56:52-55)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
21
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
September/October
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1988),
Shetland
(1974),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
(1968),
Devon
(1967),
Wales:
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Euryn y Gogledd
Danish:
Baltimoretrupial
Dutch:
Baltimore-troepiaal
Finnish:
Baltimorenorioli
French:
Oriole de Baltimore
German:
Baltimoretrupial
Hungarian:
Narancstrupiál
Icelandic:
Álmkraki
Irish:
Italian:
Ittero di Baltimora
Norwegian:
Nordtrupial
Polish:
Kacyk pólnocny
Portuguese:
Oriolo de Baltimor
Spanish:
Bolsero de Baltimore
Swedish:
Baltimoretrupial
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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