Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Indian Golden Oriole
Oriolus kundoo
- tidak umum
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
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.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified; described qualitatively as fairly common to locally common, with population trend suspected to be moderately declining
- Habitat
- Open deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, woodland, forest edge, mangroves, open country with scattered trees, parks, gardens, orchards, and plantations; mostly below 1,800 m but reaches up to 4,400 m in the Himalaya
- Fakta menarik
- Formerly treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian golden oriole, the Indian Golden Oriole was only recognized as a full species in 2005, and one ringed individual was later recovered in Tajikistan more than nine years after banding, showing just how far this small oriole can travel.
- Sebaran
- Breeds from Baluchistan and Afghanistan along the Himalayan foothills through Pakistan and Nepal into northern India, with some populations also breeding in peninsular India; northern/migratory populations winter in southern India and Sri Lanka. Overall range also includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- Makanan
- Fruits, nectar, and insects; known to disperse seeds of berry-bearing plants and has been documented preying on small lizards (e.g. southern flying lizards)
- Ukuran
- 0,245 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,44 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,4 tahun
