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Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)

Green Oriole
Photo: Summerdrought via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Green Oriole

The green oriole or Australasian yellow oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) is an inconspicuous inhabitant of lush tropical vegetation throughout Australia and New Guinea. Alternate names for the green oriole include the Australian yellow oriole, yellow oriole and yellow-bellied oriole. Six subspecies are recognised: O. f. migrator - Hartert, 1904: Found in eastern Lesser Sundas O. f. muelleri - (Bonaparte, 1850): Originally described as a separate species. Found in south-central New Guinea O. f. flavocinctus - (King, P.P., 1826): Found in northern Australia O. f. tiwi - Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999: Found on Bathurst and Melville Islands (off northern Australia) O. f. flavotinctus - Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999: Found on Cape York Peninsula (north-eastern Australia)

Source: Green oriole on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 91 recordings for this species: 57 CC BY-NC-ND · 30 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Australia, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.