What is "baltimore oriole"

Baltimore bird \Bal"ti*more bird`\, Baltimore oriole \Bal"ti*more o"ri*ole\ (Zo["o]l.) A common bird ( Icterus galbula) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin. It winters in the American tropics.

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. Like all New World orioles, it is named after an unrelated, physically similar family found in the Old World: the Oriolidae. 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. 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. It is also the inspiration for the Baltimore Orioles baseball club.

The Baltimore oriole is a bird species.

Baltimore Orioles also may refer to these teams:

• Baltimore Orioles, a Major League Baseball team of the American League since 1954
• Baltimore Orioles, a Major League Baseball team of the American League in 1901-02.
• Baltimore Orioles (minor league) (1903–1914 and 1916–1953), two baseball teams
• Baltimore Orioles (19th century), an 1882–1899 American Association and National League baseball team
• Baltimore Orioles (ice hockey), a minor league hockey team that operated from 1932 until 1942
• Milwaukee Brewers, a Major League baseball team currently known as Baltimore Orioles, was known as Milwaukee Brewers from 1894–1901

Song

• "Baltimore Oriole" may also refer to a song written by Paul Francis Webster and Hoagy Carmichael