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Indian Golden Oriole vs Olive-backed Oriole

Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo)

Indian Golden Oriole

Oriolus kundoo

Medium66 gWoodland

The Indian golden oriole is very similar to the Eurasian golden oriole but has more yellow in the tail and has a paler shade of red in the iris and bill. The male has the black eye stripe extending behind the eye, a large carpal patch on the wing and wide yellow tips to the secondaries and tertiaries. The streaks on the underside of females is more sharp than in the females of the Eurasian golden oriole. The European species is larger with a wing length of 149–162 mm in adult males compared to 136–144 mm in O. kundoo. The wing formula is also different with primary 2 longer than 5 in O.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Jairam Vijayan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Chandu Bandi · 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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