Indian Golden Oriole
A species of Old world orioles Scientific name : Oriolus kundoo Genus : Old world orioles
Indian Golden Oriole, A species of Old world orioles
Botanical name: Oriolus kundoo
Genus: Old world orioles
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Description General Info
Description
The Indian golden oriole is very similar to the Eurasian golden oriole but has more yellow in the tail and has a paler shade of red in the iris and bill. The male has the black eye stripe extending behind the eye, a large carpal patch on the wing and wide yellow tips to the secondaries and tertiaries. The streaks on the underside of females is more sharp than in the females of the Eurasian golden oriole. The European species is larger with a wing length of 149–162 mm in adult males compared to 136–144 mm in O. kundoo. The wing formula is also different with primary 2 longer than 5 in O. oriolus while primary 5 is longer than 2 in O. kundoo. 
Size
25 cm
Colors
Black
Yellow
Feeding Habits
Indian Golden Oriole primarily eat fruits, nectar, and insects. They disperse seeds of berry plants, including invasive species like Lantana camara, and occasionally prey on flying lizards.
Habitat
Indian Golden Oriole's habitat spans open deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, including forest edges and woodlands, and extends to culturally modified areas such as parks, gardens, and orchards. It also thrives in a variety of landscapes like thorny forests, thickets, and poplar plantations. Indian Golden Oriole is flexible enough to inhabit areas with scattered trees, such as riverine vegetation, and is adapted to a range of elevations, up to 4400 meters in the Himalayas, though it is more commonly found below 1800 meters. This species shows a preference for warmer climates and can be found in broader geographical regions of tropical to subtropical Asia.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Behavior
Their flight is dipping but strong and has been recorded to reach about 40 km/h. They sometimes bathe by repeatedly flying into a small pool of water. An individual ringed in Gujarat was recovered in Tajikistan more than nine years later.
Distribution Area
This oriole breeds from Baluchistan and Afghanistan along the Himalayas to Nepal. Some populations breed in the peninsular region but are very local. The northern populations winter in southern India, with some birds wintering in Sri Lanka. The populations that occur in the Maldives and the Andaman Islands have not been carefully examined. The Indian golden oriole inhabits a range of habitats including open deciduous forests, semi-evergreen forests, woodland, forest edge, mangroves, open country with scattered trees, parks, gardens orchards and plantations.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Old world orioles Genus
Old world orioles Species
Indian Golden Oriole 
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