Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus ‡
Crusoe Reservoir & No.7 Park, Bendigo, NC Vic IMG_9550 20190930 - sagittatus male conspicuous large white terminalpatches on inner webs of tail. CLICK for one at Wondecla Cabin, FNE Qld 20251107.
Notes: Nominate male sagittatus mainly olive-green
above; whitish below w. black streaks; iris
red; bill pink-red.
Female greyer, more heavily streaked above; wing has whitish edging.
Juvenile: olive-
grey above, narrow buff eyebrow & eyering;
iris, bill dark brown/grey; wing feathers all edged
cinnamon.
Ssp affinis longer bill; male generally brighter green, less
heavily streaked below.
Ssp grisescens smaller; long bill;
male greyer above & distinctly streaked. Summer migrant to S.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
Property, Paul Mergur, Mount Ossa, E Qld IMG_4580 20220627 - sagittatus female. CLICK for one at Amaden,N Qld 20151110.
Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_0924 20200803 - sagittatus immature: buff-brown tones, pale edges to flight feathers (not rufous, so not juvenile).
Hasties Swamp NP, Atherton, FN Qld IMG_0954 20201101 - sagittatus - Male. CLICK for pic of likely female:heavy streaking on side of throat cf male.
Park, Portland Roads, CYPAL, FNE Qld IMG_0354 20220824 - grisescens female or juvenile?
Twelve Mile Lagoon, Lakefield NP, CYP, FNE Qld IMG_8147 20201003 - grisescens juvenile: rufous edging to flight feathers.
Windjana Gorge, W WA IMG_0036 20180828 - affinis male. CLICK for another pic.
Maguk/Barramundi Gorge, Kakadu, N NT IMG_3087 20180725 - affinis female. CLICK for one at Darwin, NT 20180801.
Cranky Rock Nature Reserve, Warialda, NE NSW MVI_0604 20151016 - sagittatus male
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_3839 20200616 - affinis female w. Great Bowerbird
Jingellic, SE NSW MVI_4277 20170103 - sagittatus