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[[Image:Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatusCDU 6035c 14-7-08.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|tcollins|tcollins}}<br/>Darwin, [[Northern Territory]], Australia, July 2008]]
 
;[[:Category:Oriolus|Oriolus]] sagittatus
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
[[Image:Olive-backed Oriole Juv 1 of 1 .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Ken+Doy|Ken Doy}}<br />Tingalpa Creek, South East [[Queensland]], May 2018]]
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[[Image:Olive-backed Oriole Juv 1 of 1 .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Ken+Doy|Ken Doy}}<br />Tingalpa Creek, South East [[Queensland]], May 2018]]
 
25–28 cm (9¾-11 in)
 
25–28 cm (9¾-11 in)
 
*Olive-green head and back
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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==Taxonomy==
 
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This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> consisting of 4 subspecies.
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
 
*''O. s. magnirostris'':
 
*''O. s. magnirostris'':
 
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The female builds a cup-shaped nest of bark and grass, bound with spider webs. This is attached by its rim to a horizontal fork on the outer-edge of the foliage of a tree or tall shrub. The female incubates the eggs alone, while the male helps to feed the young.
 
The female builds a cup-shaped nest of bark and grass, bound with spider webs. This is attached by its rim to a horizontal fork on the outer-edge of the foliage of a tree or tall shrub. The female incubates the eggs alone, while the male helps to feed the young.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Walther, B. and P. Jones (2020). Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.olbori1.01
 
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Latest revision as of 09:04, 1 January 2022

Photo © by tcollins
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, July 2008
Oriolus sagittatus

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by Ken Doy
Tingalpa Creek, South East Queensland, May 2018

25–28 cm (9¾-11 in)

  • Olive-green head and back
  • Grey wings and tail
  • Cream underparts, streaked with brown
  • Oliv-grey upper tail-coverts
  • Bright red eye
  • Reddish beak

Females can be distinguished from males by a paler bill, duller-green back, and an extension of the streaked underparts up to the chin.

Distribution

Photo © by davidfree
Lake Kununurra, Western Australia, 31 August 2021


Australia and New Guinea.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 4 subspecies.

Subspecies

  • O. s. magnirostris:
  • O. s. affinis:
  • O. s. grisescens:
  • North Queensland (Cape York Peninsula and islands of southern Torres Strait)
  • O. s. sagittatus:

Habitat

Semi-open woodlands and eucalypt forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit, berries, seeds, nectar and insects. They will occasionally take the nestlings of small birds.

Breeding

The female builds a cup-shaped nest of bark and grass, bound with spider webs. This is attached by its rim to a horizontal fork on the outer-edge of the foliage of a tree or tall shrub. The female incubates the eggs alone, while the male helps to feed the young.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Walther, B. and P. Jones (2020). Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.olbori1.01
  3. Wikipedia

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