Yellow Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)

Other Names (World)
Green Oriole, Yellow-bellied Oriole, Yellow Oriole, Australian Yellow Oriole, Bull-voiced Oriole, Crescent-marked Oriole, Green Mulberry

Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)

Size
26 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1826)

Derivation
Or-i-öl'-us - N.L., from O. Fr. oriol and L., aureolus, golden; L., aurum, gold: fläv-o-cinc'-tus - L., flavus, yellow; L., cinctus, banded

Abundance (Guide)
C

Common. Sedentary.

Habitat
Mainly rainforests, riparian forests, mangroves and other dense tropical habitats with fruiting trees.

Range (Guide)

Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually singly or in twos, but sometimes in small flocks when foraging. Often seen associating with Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti), Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) and Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus).

Food
Mainly fruit, also insects.

Voice
A loud, bubbling call of three or four notes. A 'yok-yok-yol'. Also a clear, 'pee-kweek'. A harsh 'scarab' is uttered in aggression. Also soft warblings.

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Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (74)...)

Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) [XC439608]
by Simon Elliott from Twelve Mile Lagoon, Lakefield National Park, Queensland, Australia (call)

Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) [XC649267]
by James Lambert from Charles Darwin University, Darwin Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia (call)

Nest
Cup-shaped, compact, composed of strips of soft bark and vine-tendrils, lined with twigs and rootlets, usually placed in the outer branches of a tall tree, up to 20 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 2 - 3
Color: light cream to pale brown, variably blotched with dark brown and grey
Dimensions: 34 x 23 mm (oblong-oval)
Incubation: mainly by female

Young
Altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Brown Oriole (Oriolus szalayi), Halmahera Oriole (Oriolus phaeochromus), Seram Oriole (Oriolus forsteni), Buru Oriole (Oriolus bouroensis), Timor Oriole (Oriolus melanotis) and Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

migrator Hartert, 1904 - Roma, Leti and Moa, in eastern Lesser Sundas.
muelleri (Bonaparte, 1850) - Aru Is and south-central New Guinea.
flavocinctus (Vigors, 1826) - Northern western Australia (Kimberley) and northern Territory (Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt).
tiwi Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999 - Bathurst I and Melville I (off north-western northern Territory).
flavotinctus Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999 - North-eastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, in northern Queensland).
kingi Mathews, 1912 - Coastal zone of north-eastern Queensland from Trinity Bay south to Halifax Bay.

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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