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Eurasian Golden Oriole vs Olive-backed Oriole

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Medium79 gWoodland

The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, but the female is a drabber green bird. Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy. In flight they look somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances. Its call is a harsh "kweeaahk", but the song is a fluting weela-wee-ooo or or-iii-ole, unmistakable once heard, often with subtle variations between each phrase.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Christian Kahle · CC0
Photo: eloise kerroux · CC BY 4.0
Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)

Olive-backed Oriole

Oriolus sagittatus

Medium95 gWoodland

Not bright in colour, it is olive-backed with small dark streaks, with a light chest having black streaks. Females have cinnamon-edged wings and both sexes have reddish bills and eyes.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Rob Nicholson · CC BY 4.0
Photo: (c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrew Allen · cc-by

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