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Black-hooded Oriole

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

Photo: Alastair Rae · CC BY-SA 4.0

Oriolus xanthornus

Basic stats

Diet

Insects and fruit, especially figs

Habitat

Open woodland and cultivation

Clutch size

2 eggs

The black-hooded oriole is a striking oriole. The male is mainly bright yellow with a solid black hood and black in the wings and the centre of the tail. The female is drabber with greenish underparts but still has the black hood, and young birds are like females with dark streaks below and an incomplete hood. Its flight is thrush-like, strong and direct with shallow dips over longer distances (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a bird of open woodland and cultivation that spends much of its time in the tree canopy, where even the bright male can be hard to see among dappled leaves. It eats insects and fruit, especially figs, gleaning from foliage and bark or sallying after prey. It builds its nest in a tree and lays two eggs (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the Black-hooded Oriole eat?
Insects and fruit, especially figs
What habitat does the Black-hooded Oriole live in?
Open woodland and cultivation
How many eggs does the Black-hooded Oriole lay?
2 eggs
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