Common Name: Indian Golden Oriole
Scientific Name: Oriolus (oriolus) kundoo
Nepali Name: Gajale Sunchari (गाजले सुनचरी)
Size: 25cm
Location: Kurintar, Chitwan
Indian Golden Oriole is found in open deciduous forests, forest edge, habitation in an elevation ranging from 75 – 1830m. As the name suggests the plumage is golden-yellow in the male with a black eye patch and pale red bill. The wings are black along with the tail. The female has a yellow-green upperpart, black streak on white underpart, brownish-green wing and tail.
Oriole hunts insects along with feeding on fruits and nectar.
Please feel free to comment below if the above species has been misidentified.
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