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[[Image:maroon_oriole_2_alok.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Male, nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Sat Tal, 5500 ft., Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], 21 November 2019]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Photographed in Mae Wong Nat'l Park in western Thailand.
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25·5–28 cm (10-11 in)<br />
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Nominate male
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*Black head, mantle and upper breast
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*Maroon underparts and tail
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*Yellow iris
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*Grey bill and legs<br />
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The female is dark grey on the back, a light grey belly with heavy blackish streaks.
  
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The Maroon Oriole is a medium sized (25 cm) bird, the male having a black hood and wings, a deep red body and tail and a yellow iris. The bill and legs are grey. The female is similarly patterned, but is dark grey on the back and has a light grey belly with heavy blackish streaks.
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:maroon_oriole_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female, nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Sat Tal, 5500 ft., Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], 15 November 2019]]
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[[Asia]]: [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]]<br />
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'''South Asia''': [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Taiwan]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Thailand]]
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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* ''O. t. traillii'' from the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] foothills to [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]] and northern [[Indochina]]
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* ''O. t. robinsoni'' in southern [[Laos]] and southern [[Vietnam]]
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* ''O. t. nigellicauda'' in Hainan (southern [[China]]); some winter to [[Indochina]] and southeastern [[Thailand]]
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* ''O. t. ardens'' on [[Taiwan]]
  
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It feeds on wild figs, berries, insects and nectar. It prefers moist deciduous and evergreen forests in hills from 150-700m.  It is usually seen singly or in pairs, and keeps to the canopy.  Its nest is a large deep cup of woven fibres placed in the fork of a high branch near the tree top.  Both sexes share in the parental duties.
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==Habitat==
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Moist deciduous and evergreen forests.
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[[Image:Maroon Oriole Ef.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''O. t. ardens''<br /> Photo &copy; by {{user|Mark+Bruce|Mark Bruce}}<br /> Huben, Yunlin County, [[Taiwan]], April, 2008]]
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of fruit, especially wild figs, berries, invertebrates such as caterpillars and nectar.  
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====Breeding====
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They build a large deep cup of woven fibres and grass; it is placed in the fork of a high branch near the tree top.  Both adults share the duties of raising the young.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
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#TheWebsiteofeverything
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 10:00, 19 December 2023

Male, nominate subspecies
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal, 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 21 November 2019
Oriolus traillii

Identification

25·5–28 cm (10-11 in)
Nominate male

  • Black head, mantle and upper breast
  • Maroon underparts and tail
  • Yellow iris
  • Grey bill and legs

The female is dark grey on the back, a light grey belly with heavy blackish streaks.

Distribution

Female, nominate subspecies
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal, 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 15 November 2019

Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

Habitat

Moist deciduous and evergreen forests.

Subspecies O. t. ardens
Photo © by Mark Bruce
Huben, Yunlin County, Taiwan, April, 2008

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit, especially wild figs, berries, invertebrates such as caterpillars and nectar.

Breeding

They build a large deep cup of woven fibres and grass; it is placed in the fork of a high branch near the tree top. Both adults share the duties of raising the young.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
  4. TheWebsiteofeverything

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