Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Indian Golden Oriole
Oriolus kundoo
- uncommon
- 48 km/h
- Least Concern
A flash of pure yellow through a mango grove — gone before you place the sound, a fluted whistle hanging in the heat. Split in recent years from its European cousin, an Asian bird at last given its own name.
- Population
- large; widespread breeder across the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia
- Habitat
- open broadleaf woodland, mango and neem groves, riverside trees, large gardens
- Diet
- caterpillars, beetles, other insects, soft fruit and berries
- Size
- 0.25 m
- Wingspan
- 0.45 m
