Black‑hooded Oriole Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Oriolus xanthornus
Family : Oriolidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The male black-hooded oriole has black and yellow plumage, while the female is drabber with greenish underparts and a black hood. Young birds have streaked underparts and a less solid black hood. They are distinguished from the Indian golden oriole by their black head. Orioles can be difficult to spot in the canopy, and their flight is strong and direct. They forage using foliage-gleaning, wood-gleaning, or sallying methods.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Terpsiphone affinis
(Oriental Paradise‑flycatcher) -
Tephrodornis virgatus
(Large Wood-shrike) -
Terpsiphone paradisi
(Indian Paradise-flycatcher) -
Pericrocotus roseus
(Rosy Minivet) -
Erpornis zantholeuca
(White‑bellied Erpornis (Yuhina)) -
Dicrurus caerulescens
(White-bellied Drongo) -
Lanius cristatus
(Brown Shrike) -
Dicrurus leucophaeus
(Ashy Drongo) -
Urocissa erythrorhyncha
(Red-billed Blue Magpie) -
Dicrurus annectans
(Crow‑billed Drongo)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Mandar Bhagat(www.xeno-canto.org/Mandar Bhagat), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Mandar Bhagat(www.xeno-canto.org/Mandar Bhagat), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.