Black-hooded Oriole

Where to see

Black-hooded Oriole

Oriolus xanthornus

Kanha National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-hooded Oriole during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
2 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~60%
3 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~60%
4 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~60%
5 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~60%
6 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
7 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
8 Udawalawe National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~50%
9 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
10 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~40%
11 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~40%
12 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~40%
13 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
14 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
15 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
16 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
17 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
18 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Black-hooded Oriole?

Kanha National Park

In Kanha National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black-hooded Oriole sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Black-hooded Oriole?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February–June and November in Kanha National Park (about 80%), June, October and December–January in Royal Bardia National Park (about 70%) and September in Cat Tien National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-hooded Oriole on a given day. Each park's Black-hooded Oriole page has the full month-by-month chart.