Alternative name: Australian Yellow Oriole (or just Yellow Oriole, a name in international checklists used for Icterus nigrogularis of South America)
- Oriolus flavocinctus
Identification
Adult has reddish bill, no eye-brow and is less striped; immatures have dark bill, pale eye-brow, and stronger stripes on especially underside.
Similar species
Distribution
Asia and Australasia
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Lesser Sundas, East Timor, New Guinea
Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- O. f. flavocinctus:
- Aru Islands, southern New Guinea, eastern Lesser Sundas and northern Australia
- O. f. tiwi:
- Melville and Bathurst Islands (Northern Territory)
- O. f. flavotinctus:
- Northern Queensland (Cape York Peninsula and southern Torres Straits islands)
- O. f. kingi:
- North-eastern Queensland (Atherton Tablelands south to about Townsville)
Two additional subspecies (migrator and muelleri) are not generally recognised.[2]
Habitat
Woodlands, river jungle and suburbs
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit, supplemented with nectar, seeds and insects. Occasionally reports of nestlings being taken.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 1997. Birds of Australia (Collins Field Guide). HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-00-220132-1
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green Oriole. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Oriole
External Links
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