The Bahama oriole (Icterus northropi) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to the Bahamas. The taxon was originally classified as its own distinct species in 1890 by Joel Asaph Allen before it was lumped with the Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis), Hispaniolan oriole (Icterus dominicensis), and Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis) into a single species by the ornithologist James Bond in his book "Birds of the West Indies" in 1960. It wasn't until 2010 that all four birds were elevated to full species status using mitochondrial DNA evidence. As a result of it not being recognized as a distinct species for so long, the Bahama oriole's preferred non-breeding season habitat is unknown and current estimates of its exact numbers remain vague.