Adult © Chris Wiley
Juvenile © David Tytherleigh
Adult © shorty w
Juvenile © Dirk Tomsa
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Adult © Jan Clewett

Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

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Identification

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Medium-sized songbird with long pinkish bill and red eye. Olive-green above, pale below, with dark streaks on chest and belly. Juvenile and immature browner, with grayish bills. Green Oriole is green and yellow below. Female Australasian Figbird is browner, with shorter bill and bare skin around eyes. Resident in northern Australia and New Guinea, summer migrant to southeastern Australia. Inhabits many sorts of woodlands, foraging singly or in pairs, singing frequently, a clear, tuneful “orri-orri-orriole.”

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