Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo

Common Name :	Indian golden oriole.
Binomial Name :	Oriolus kundoo
Family :	Oriolidae
Bengali Name :	Holde Pakhi (হলদে পাখি), Holud pakhi (হলুদ পাখি).
Photo Taken :	Bangladesh

Indian golden oriole is an attractive bird having predominant color yellow. Binomial name of the bird is Oriolus kundoo. It belongs to the bird family Oriolidae. This bird is native to South Asia and Central Asia. Which means it is available in our country Bangladesh. I don't know what we call this in our language. But as the bird is yellow in color, hopefully village people know this as Holde Pakhi (হলদে পাখি) or Holud pakhi (হলুদ পাখি).

I've seen this Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) during my Kukri-mukri island tour at Southern part of Bangladesh. I saw the bird was perched on a leafless tree. But the tree was surrounded by plenty of dense bushes and small trees. That's why these are the only and most possible closest shoot of the bird I have.

As I've already mentioned, the Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) is having a predominant yellow color. Wings of the bird is having black at upper side (also the black at upper side of tail). Male and female birds are almost similar, except the female is having streak at underside. For the male they have a black stripe at the eyes. Bill of the bird is rosy in color.

This bird prefers to live near the deciduous, semi-evergreen forest. They rely on the fruits, insects, and nectars. They like the berries, lantana fruits (they are capable to spread the invasive species Lantana camara). Their breeding season is between April to August. They prefer to make their nest near the nest of Black drongo (as a purpose of protection I think.).

Photos of this Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) bird were taken from Kukri-mukri island of Bangladesh during December 2014. During my observation I've only seen the male bird.


This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
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