Olive-backed Oriole

What the Olive-backed Oriole sounds like

Recorded by Rob Nicholson · Alarm call, call · Camp Hill, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by James Ray · Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Olive-backed Oriole

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Olive-backed Oriole

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Olive-backed Oriole

The olive-backed oriole, or white-bellied oriole, is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and south-central New Guinea. The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous.

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Easily confused with

Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundooThe 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. Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatusThe black-headed oriole has a bright yellow body, contrasting black head and flesh-coloured beak. Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensisThe black-naped oriole is medium-sized and overall golden with a strong pinkish bill and a broad black mask and nape.

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