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Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Not Recognised
1988 Not Recognised
Species attributes

Migratory status full migrant Forest dependency low
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 6,750,000 km2 medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) 11,200,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size 6000000 mature individuals poor estimated 2009
Population trend stable - suspected -
Generation length 5 years - - -

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Antigua and Barbuda extant native
Aruba (to Netherlands) extant native
Bahamas extant native
Barbados extant native
Belize extant native
Bermuda (to UK) extant native
Canada extant native yes
Cayman Islands (to UK) extant native
Chile extant vagrant
Colombia extant native
Costa Rica extant native yes
Cuba extant native
Dominica extant native
Dominican Republic extant native
Ecuador extant native
El Salvador extant native
Greenland (to Denmark) extant vagrant
Grenada extant vagrant
Guatemala extant native
Haiti extant native
Honduras extant native
Iceland extant vagrant
Ireland extant vagrant
Jamaica extant native
Martinique (to France) extant native
Mexico extant native
Montserrat (to UK) extant native
Netherlands extant vagrant
Nicaragua extant native yes
Norway extant vagrant
Panama extant native
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant native
St Kitts and Nevis extant native
St Lucia extant native
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) extant native yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines extant native
Trinidad and Tobago extant native
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) extant native
United Kingdom extant vagrant
USA extant native yes
Venezuela extant native
Virgin Islands (to UK) extant native yes
Virgin Islands (to USA) extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Rural Gardens suitable non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial Rural Gardens suitable breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial Urban Areas suitable breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial Urban Areas suitable non-breeding
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland suitable non-breeding
Forest Temperate suitable non-breeding
Forest Temperate suitable breeding
Grassland Temperate suitable non-breeding
Grassland Temperate suitable breeding
Altitude 0 - 500 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Utilisation
Purpose Primary form used Life stage used Source Scale Level Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture - - international non-trivial recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Icterus galbula. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/baltimore-oriole-icterus-galbula on 19/03/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org on 19/03/2024.