Baltimore oriole
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phylum | Chordata | The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of 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 1973-1995.
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clade | Diapsida | |
Class | Aves | |
order | Passeriformes | |
family | Icteridae | |
genus | Icterus | |
species | I. galbula |