golden oriole

American  

noun

1. an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.

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golden oriole British  

noun

1. a European oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which has a bright yellow head and body with black wings and tail

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Etymology

Origin of golden oriole

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

Wherever one turned, from every direction came the note of the golden oriole and the shrill cry of the hoopoe and the red-legged falcon.

From The Wife, and other stories by Garnett, Constance

When the next morning the summer sun rose magnificently over Juvavum, and the golden oriole began its flute-like song, young Liuthari sprang up, a healed and a wiser man.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix

From the old orchard on the right came the faint, reluctant note of the golden oriole, who must have been old too.

From The Darling and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

These, however, might not have been the true golden oriole, because that bird is very rare, and is an inhabitant of the mainland of New Guinea, though also found on the island of Salwatty.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

As occasional visitors may be reckoned the wax-wing, golden oriole, cross-bill, hoopoe, white-tailed eagle, honey buzzard, ruff, puffin, great bustard, Iceland gull, glaucous gull, and Bewick's swan.

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.