Black – Naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensis

Description

Oriolus chinensis is relatively medium in size, from the tip of the tail to the beak about 25 cm. This bird is black and yellow with a black stripe passing through the eyes and nape, mostly black flying feathers. The lower body is whitish with black dots, red iris, the shape of the beak is tapered and slightly curved downward, the length of the beak is approximately 3 cm, the legs are black.

Population Size

Decreasing

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

25 cm

No

Nocturnal

Om

Omnivore

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Oriolidae

GENUS

:

Oriolus

SPECIES

:

Oriolus chinensis

Distribution

Oriolus chinensis lives in forests, especially in tropical areas and a little in sub-tropical areas and usually lives in pairs.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : India, China, Southeast Asia : Philippines, Sulawesi, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Lesser Sundas

Habits and Lifestyle

Oriolus chinensis lives in pairs. kept flying from tree to tree but would descend low enough to find insects, beating strong enough and flying in waves.

Lifestyle

Live in pairs

Biome

Tropical Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

The main diet of this species is figs, berries and berries as well as various insects including caterpillars.

Diet : Omnivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season for Oriolus chinensis in Java is February to June but nests have also been recorded in August and December, nests formed from clumps of grass shaped like cups and placed on tall trees. Generally, 2 eggs in this species are white with brown spots.

Reproduction session : February to June

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

This species has a very wide range, although the population trend appears to be decreasing, it is believed that the decline is not fast enough to approach the Vulnerability threshold, so this species is categorized as Least Concern

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Reference

  1. Kepodang on Wikipedia Article
  2. Oriolus chinensis on Red List IUCN site 
  3. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.