Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Black-hooded Oriole
Oriolus xanthornus
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
A streak of pure gold through banyan shadow, capped in unmistakable black. The voice that the dawn waits for in a mango-grove village.
- Population
- widespread and locally common across South and Southeast Asia
- Habitat
- open broadleaf woodland, mango groves, gardens, banyan and fig-rich villages
- Diet
- ripe fruit, large insects, nectar
- Size
- 0.24 m
- Wingspan
- 0.42 m
