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YELLOW ORIOLE FACTS |
Description
Yellowy-green, with dark green wings and tail. Eye red. Bill orangey-red. Upper half of body with fine dark streaks, often bolder in females from WA and NT. Juveniles are drabber, with heavier dark streaking.
Common and shy, they forage amongst foliage for fruit, insects and nectar. Resident, usually seen alone or in pairs, occasionally in small groups. Breeds in the pre-wet and wet seasons. The nest is suspended below the fork of a branch, made of plant material and spider web, with a long tail hanging beneath. Eggs are cream or pale brown, with brownish, greyish or purplish markings. Clutch size 2-3.
Author credit: Lindley McKay
Habitat
Favours riverine and monsoon forest, but can also be seen in open woodland. Common in suburban Darwin.
Food
Omnivore
Range
Northern Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Oriolidae | | Genus: | Oriolus | | Species: | flavocinctus | | Common Name: | Yellow Oriole |
Relatives in same Genus
Olive-backed Oriole (O. sagittatus)
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