Wetar Figbird

When to see the Wetar Figbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Wetar Figbird

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Wetar Figbird

The Wetar figbird is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to forest, woodland and scrub on the Indonesian island of Wetar. The Wetar figbird remains poorly known, and although threatened by habitat loss, recent population estimates are greater than originally estimated, resulting in it being now listed as Least Concern by BirdLife International and the IUCN. The Wetar figbird resembles the better known Australasian figbird, but is much smaller and the male has entirely white underparts. Formerly, it has been considered a subspecies of the green figbird, but they are now classified as two separate species.

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Easily confused with

Green FigbirdSphecotheres viridisIt 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). 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.