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BirdsIn Sandusky County, Ohio

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Baltimore Oriole in all of Ohio
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Icteridae
Genus
Icterus
Near Sandusky County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 6 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (18)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (53)
  • Recorded, season not shown (11)
  • Season shown (6)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Baltimore Oriole by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ashtabula County32 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Athens CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Coshocton County32 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Cuyahoga County256 · Season shownYes: summer
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Erie County50 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Franklin County77 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Greene County26 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Hamilton County42 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lake County68 · Season shownYes: summer
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Licking County25 · Season shownYes: summer
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lorain County37 · Season shownYes: summer
Lucas County225 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Medina County90 · Season shownYes: summer
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Montgomery County23 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ottawa County77 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Paulding CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Portage County26 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Stark County48 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Summit County290 · Season shownYes: summer
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer

Season

When it is recorded

In Sandusky County

Not enough evidence

Not enough records in Sandusky County yet to show a season. A season needs at least 20 records from 5 different years. Missing records do not mean it is absent.

In Ohio

Early May to early August, middle week May 10–16

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 2,542 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 687 dates. Latest record: December 2025.

Show as a table
Records of Baltimore Oriole in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Baltimore OrioleYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10226,211
Jan 11–17325,146
Jan 18–24334,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7216,023
Feb 8–14115,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28226,846
Mar 1–7118,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–211112,620
Mar 22–282213,949
Mar 29 – Apr 43319,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–2510341,623
Apr 26 – May 21011056,391
May 3–94711052,952
May 10–166971053,785
May 17–234241057,698
May 24–301781054,651
May 31 – Jun 61081053,099
Jun 7–13971053,700
Jun 14–20961056,625
Jun 21–2763855,361
Jun 28 – Jul 430958,477
Jul 5–1132961,336
Jul 12–1824964,722
Jul 19–2528969,753
Jul 26 – Aug 117759,416
Aug 2–822859,712
Aug 9–1520655,994
Aug 16–2230854,328
Aug 23–2927851,772
Aug 30 – Sep 518757,167
Sep 6–128559,075
Sep 13–192154,543
Sep 20–261145,860
Sep 27 – Oct 30043,180
Oct 4–100037,841
Oct 11–170030,824
Oct 18–243221,156
Oct 25–310019,021
Nov 1–72214,172
Nov 8–142212,621
Nov 15–21227,965
Nov 22–28438,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19115,423
Dec 20–26115,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2328,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius346 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius60 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • American Goldfinch Spinus tristis40 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea23 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus23 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed55%49%
Forest24%31%
Wetland11%5%
Farmland6%11%
Open water2%3%
Grassland and shrub1%0.9%
Barren0.7%0.6%

From 911 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

2,542 records from 1 dataset.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.