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  Encyclopedia article: Golden Oriole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The male is striking in the typical oriole fl and yellow plumage, but the female is a drabber green bird.
Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy.
The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus) by Albertus Magnus (additional info and facts about Albertus Magnus) in about 1250, and was stated by him to be onomatopoeic (additional info and facts about onomatopoeic), from the song of the Golden Oriole.
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 AllRefer.com - oriole (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
The European orioles are allied to the crows, while the American orioles, of the hangnest group, belong to the flbird and meadowlark family.
The golden oriole of Europe is a beautiful orange-yellow bird with fl wings and tail that ranges from England to Siberia and winters in Africa.
In the male Baltimore oriole of E North America the head, throat, shoulders, wings, and tail are fl and the rest of the plumage is orange.
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