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: any of various usually brightly colored Old World passerine birds (family Oriolidae and especially genus Oriolus)
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: any of various New World passerine birds (genus Icterus of the family Icteridae) of which the males are usually black and yellow or black and orange
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The plants feed and shelter a staggering array of orioles, green jays, and other birds, whose whistles, caws, and tweets filled the air.
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Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
The region also plays host to a diverse array of passerines, with colorful native creatures ranging from the yellowhammer to the Eurasian golden oriole—but perhaps the most famous resident of Brenne Regional Natural Park isn’t a bird at all.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles, and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from faraway.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from Mexico.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
The region also plays host to a diverse array of passerines, with colorful native creatures ranging from the yellowhammer to the Eurasian golden oriole—but perhaps the most famous resident of Brenne Regional Natural Park isn’t a bird at all.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles, and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from faraway.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from Mexico.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Oriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oriole. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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1
: any of various usually brightly colored Old World birds related to the crows
2
: any of various New World birds that build hanging nests woven from various materials (as grass and leaves) and the males of which are usually black and yellow or orange and the females chiefly greenish or yellowish
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