Afghanistan, China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Breeds Uzbekistan, eastern Turkmenistan, south-eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, extreme western China (Tien Shan), Baluchistan hills and from northern and eastern Afghanistan east in Himalayas to Nepal, and south through most of peninsular India. Non-breeding also farther south in India and in Sri Lanka.
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 (2012).
Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo) [XC385583]
by Sreekumar Chirukandoth from Vastu Vihar (near Mesra), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (call)
Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo) [XC467416]
by Oscar Campbell from Kheri Mansingh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Closely related to Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) and African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus). Until recently considered to be conspecific with Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus), but differs in morphology and vocalizations and the two appear not to intergrade. All three form a superspecies, perhaps also including Slender-billed Oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) and Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) as members.
Three proposed geographical forms, yarkandensis (from Yarkand, in eastern Turkestan), turkestanica (Turkestan City) and baltistanicus (Dagoni, in Baltistan), are considered untenable.
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