A migratory oriole breeding in eastern North America, Icterus spurius (family Icteridae), of which the male is chestnut with black head, throat, and upperparts, and the female is yellow with olive upperparts.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet.
Definition of orchard oriole in US English:
orchard oriole
noun
A migratory oriole breeding in eastern North America, Icterus spurius (family Icteridae), of which the male is chestnut with black head, throat, and upperparts, and the female is yellow with olive upperparts.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), ornithologist and poet.