African Golden Oriole
Oriolus auratus
Typical Old World oriole with mostly yellow plumage and a red bill. Note the small black mask around the eye and the black wing that is heavily edged in yellow. Male is brighter yellow than female. Found in thick woodland and some forests. Song is a series of liquid whistles. Common call is an upslurred mew. Similar to Eurasian Golden Oriole, but the wing feathers have yellow edging, and the black face mask extends well behind the eye.
识别特征
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.
分类信息
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:
- 学名
- Oriolus auratus
- 命名信息
- Vieillot, 1817
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Oriolidae
- 属
- Oriolus
分布与栖息地
- 迁徙
- Complete migrants
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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