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unusual facts about ''Oriole''



African Golden Oriole

The African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara.

The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus) by Albertus Magnus in about 1250, and was stated by him to be onomatopoeic, from the song of the Golden Oriole.

Altamira Oriole

At 25 cm and 56 grams, this is the largest oriole of the Icterus genus.

Bahama Oriole

Historically, the Bahama Oriole has been known only from two major islands in the Bahamas: Abaco and Andros.

Bob Haring

Haring began recording as the music director of the then-new Cameo Records label beginning in 1922 under a plethora of pseudonyms, such as The Caroliners, The Lincoln Dance Orchestra, The Society Night Club Orchestra, King Solomon and His Miners, etc. (Cameo was one of the primary 'dime store' labels in the 1920s and Haring's sessions there were also issued on Plaza/ARC's other labels, including Romeo, Perfect, Oriole and others.

C. Markland Kelly

He was a member of the Masonic Order, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Loyal Order of Moose, Boumi Temple Shrine, Knights Templar, Elks, Baltimore Athletic Club, Oriole Gun Club, Gibson Island Club, Maryland Yacht Club, and Annapolis Yacht club.

Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Baltimore

The Memorial Stadium was discontinued by the Colts when they moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and only briefly afterwards used by several other teams such as the Canadian Football League's Baltimore Stallions and the transferred NFL franchise Baltimore Ravens from Cleveland in 1996 to 1998 and also by the Orioles when Oriole Park at Camden Yards was built in 1992.

Dusky Friarbird

The species is mimicked by the Dusky-brown Oriole, which is almost identical in appearance, a situation that has arisen in many species of orioles and friarbirds that exist in the same habitat.

IAI Scout

The IAI Scout (known in Israel under its Hebrew name זהבן - "Oriole") is a reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle developed in Israel in the 1970s by Israel Aircraft Industries as a competitor to the Tadiran Mastiff.

Isabela Oriole

The Isabela Oriole is most closely related to the White-lored Oriole, Oriolus albiloris.

John Reesor Williams

Williams was personally defeated in Oriole by Liberal candidate Elinor Caplan, who later served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels.

Jonny Phillips

Oriole are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis on cello and Seb Rochford on drums.

Nate Spears

His best year in the Oriole organization was in 2005 with High-A Frederick, where he hit .294 in 112 games and was both a Mid-Season and Post-Season Carolina League All-Star.

Olive-backed Oriole

Where the Green Oriole specialises in damp, thickly vegetated habitats in the tropical far north, the Olive-backed Oriole is more versatile, preferring more open woodland environments, and tolerating drier climates (but not desert).

Oriole Whistler

The Oriole Whistler is found throughout the Solomons, except in the Santa Cruz Islands where the males are white-throated (populations from southern part of this island group are associated with the Melanesian Whistler, P. caledonica, while those from the northern and central part are associated with the White-throated Whistler, P. vitiensis).

Romeo Records

In 1931 the label was acquired by the American Record Corporation and continued by them through 1938, when all of the ARC dime store labels (Perfect, Melotone, Banner, and Oriole) were discontinued.

Smith Ballew

Between 1929 and 1935, he made scores of records were issued under his own name for OKeh, the dime store labels (Banner, Domino, Jewel, Regal, Perfect, Oriole as Buddy Blue & His Texans or Jack Blue's Texans), Columbia, and Crown.


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