Golden oriole . ( Of the lat. )( aureus , Golden, and pinnula , pen). 1. d. bird of the order of the passerines, about 25 cm from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail and 43 of wingspan, yellow plumage, with black wings and tail, as well as the Bill and legs. It abounds in Spain during the summer, it feeds on insects, worms and fruit and makes the nest hanging him, with strands of Esparto grass or wool, the horizontal branches of the trees, so that it moves to the momentum of the wind.