Indian Golden Oriole



Male



                                                                       Male

Female

Indian Golden Oriole

Alternate name Eurasian Golden Oriole
Zollogical name-Oriolus oriolus
Local Names-Peelak (Hindi),Sona bau(Bengali),Vanga Pandu(Telagu),Manjakilli(Malyalam)
Classification
Order-Passeriformes
Family-Oriolidae
category-Perching Bird
Size-25 CM
Food- Insects,Fruits
Habitate-woodland
Photo date-7/4/17

location-Avadhpuri Faizabad Uttar Pradesh India


Field Characters-Bright golden yellow with black on wings and tail,and a black eye -streak through the eyes.Females are duller and greener olive colored with streaks on the underparts.A common breeding summer visitor in North India.
Distribution-All India except Northeast,up to about 2000 M in Himalayas,Bangladesh,Pakistan ,Sri Lanka,not in Myanmar.Indian golden Oriole is partial migrant,it Breeds in Pakistan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Tajikistan and Nepal.
Call- A harsh Cheeah and a clear fluty whistles like Peelolo
 Nesting -April to July.A beautiful woven deep cup of grass and bast fibers bound with cobweb,suspended in fork of leafy twig 4-10 M up.
Eggs-2-3,spotted with black or reddish brown.Both sexes shares all domestic duties.


Comments

  1. The Free Bird आजाद पंछी14 April 2017 at 04:39

    I travel a lot to click these beautiful creatures in last 6 month but unable to spot them, Suddenly on 7 the April I saw them on a tree in front of my Home.
    I run fast with my Gears to click them but they disappear for few minutes but later on I got their clicks( inispite of all odds as small monkeys continuesly teasing and disturbing them)

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