Loriot doré

Oriolus auratus

Loriot typique de l'Ancien Monde avec un plumage majoritairement jaune et un bec rouge. Noter le petit masque noir autour de l'œil et l'aile noire fortement bordée de jaune. Le mâle est plus jaune vif que la femelle. Trouvé dans les bois épais et certaines forêts. Le chant est une série de sifflements liquides. Le cri commun est un miaulement ascendant. Similaire au Loriot d'Europe, mais les plumes de l'aile ont des bordures jaunes, et le masque facial noir s'étend bien derrière l'œil.

Identification

The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, although the plumage is predominantly yellow, with solid black only in the flight feathers and tail centre. There is a great deal of gold in the wings, which is a distinction from the Eurasian golden oriole, which winters in Africa.<p>The female is a drabber green bird, distinguished from the European species by more contrasting wings and black around the eye. Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy.<p>The flight is somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances.<p>The call is a screech like a jay, but the song is a beautiful fluting fee-ooo fee-ooo, unmistakable once heard.

Taxonomie

The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus) by Albertus Magnus in about 1250, and was stated to be onomatopoeic, from the song of the golden oriole.<p>The New World orioles are similar in appearance to the Oriolidae, but are icterids unrelated to the Old World birds.<p>Two subspecies are recognized:

Nom scientifique
Oriolus auratus
Autorité
Vieillot, 1817
Ordre
Passériformes
Famille
Oriolidé
Genre
Oriolus

Répartition et habitat

Migration
Migrateurs complets

Comportement

Mode de migration: Migrateurs complets.

Conservation

Tendance de la population: en déclin.

Tendance de la population
en déclin

Photos

Distribution

Chants d'Oiseaux

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