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Green Figbird

Sphecotheres viridis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestMedium · 121 g
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 1
Photo: Cyron Ray Macey aka Cyron on Flickr · CC BY 2.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 2
Photo: Noel Reynolds · CC BY 2.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 3
Photo: James Eaton · CC0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 4
Photo: unknown · CC BY 4.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 5
Photo: unknown · CC BY 4.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 6
Photo: unknown · CC BY 4.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 7
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 8
Photo: PurpleHz (editor) Cyron Ray Macey from Brisbane, Australia (original author) · CC BY 2.0
Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis), photo 9
Photo: Cyron Ray Macey from Brisbane (-27.470963,153.026505), Australia · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

It resembles the more widespread Australian figbird, but is smaller, and except for the paler crissum (around the cloaca), the male is entirely yellow-olive below (including the throat).

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When to see the Green Figbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Green Figbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Timor-Leste Indonesia

About the Green Figbird

The green figbird or Timor figbird is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to forest, woodland, mangrove, and scrub on the Indonesian islands of Rote and Timor. It is moderately common, so is considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and the IUCN.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Wetar FigbirdSphecotheres hypoleucusThe Wetar figbird is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti) Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieillotiThe Australasian figbird has a total length of 27.0–29.5 cm (10.6–11.6 in) and a jizz comparable to that of other orioles.

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