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| + | '''Alternative name: Australian Yellow Oriole''' (or just Yellow Oriole, a name in international checklists used for ''[[Icterus nigrogularis]]'' of [[South America]]) | ||
| + | [[Image:Green_Oriole_by_tcollins.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult<br />Photo by {{user|tcollins|tcollins}}<br /> Darwin, [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], July 2008]] | ||
;[[:Category:Oriolus|Oriolus]] flavocinctus | ;[[:Category:Oriolus|Oriolus]] flavocinctus | ||
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==Identification== | ==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. | Adult has reddish bill, no eye-brow and is less striped; immatures have dark bill, pale eye-brow, and stronger stripes on especially underside. | ||
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sundas]], [[East Timor]], [[New Guinea]]<br /> | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sundas]], [[East Timor]], [[New Guinea]]<br /> | ||
'''Australia''': [[Northern Territory]], [[Queensland]], [[Western Australia]] | '''Australia''': [[Northern Territory]], [[Queensland]], [[Western Australia]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Green_Oriole_by_lima.jpg|thumb|350px|right| | + | [[Image:Green_Oriole_by_lima.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|lima|lima}}<br />Darwin, [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], June 2006]] |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| + | There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
*''O. f. flavocinctus'': | *''O. f. flavocinctus'': | ||
:*Aru Islands, southern [[New Guinea]], eastern [[Lesser Sundas]] and northern [[Australia]] | :*Aru Islands, southern [[New Guinea]], eastern [[Lesser Sundas]] and northern [[Australia]] | ||
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:*North-eastern [[Queensland]] (Atherton Tablelands south to about Townsville) | :*North-eastern [[Queensland]] (Atherton Tablelands south to about Townsville) | ||
| + | Two additional subspecies (''migrator'' and ''muelleri'') are not generally recognised.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Woodlands, river jungle and suburbs | Woodlands, river jungle and suburbs | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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| + | Their main diet consists of fruit, supplemented with nectar, seeds and insects. Occasionally reports of nestlings being taken. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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# Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 1997. Birds of Australia (Collins Field Guide). HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-00-220132-1 | # 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) | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Oriolus+flavocinctus}} | {{GSearch|Oriolus+flavocinctus}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Oriolus]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Oriolus]] | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 3 November 2014
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 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Oriole
