Oriolus oriolus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), also known as the common golden oriole, is a species of passerine bird, measuring approximately 24cm in length with a wingspan of 44-45cm, and the only Old World oriole breeding in Northern Hemisphere temperate regions. It is a summer migrant in Europe and the Palearctic and spends the winter season in central and southern Africa.
The Eurasian golden oriole was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He named the species Coracias oriolus, assigning it to the genus Coracias, which now contains only rollers. The species is now placed in the genus Oriolus that Linnaeus introduced in 1766, creating a tautonym.
The Eurasian golden oriole and the Indian golden oriole were formerly considered conspecific, but in 2005 they were treated as separate species by the ornithologists Pamela Rasmussen and John Anderton, in the first edition of their Birds of South Asia. Support for this split was provided by a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010, and most ornithologists now treat the Indian golden oriole as a separate species. Alternate names for the Eurasian golden... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tehran | 🇮🇷 Iran | |
| 2 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Bujumbura | 🇧🇮 Burundi | |
| 4 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Bucharest | 🇷🇴 Romania | |
| 6 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Isfahan | 🇮🇷 Iran | |
| 9 | Turin | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 10 | Mashhad | 🇮🇷 Iran |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Yaroslavl Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Leningrad Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Alpenzoo Innsbruck | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 5 | Tiergarten Delitzsch | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Golden Oriole sighting in Budapest on a given day, based on 182 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 50th most-seen of the 136 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Golden Oriole in Budapest on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eurasian Golden Oriole sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Eurasian Golden Oriole sightings, Budapest ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tehran (Iran, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Eurasian Golden Oriole that you can see in Budapest (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Hooded Crow (about 90%), Great Tit (about 90%) and Eurasian Blackbird (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eurasian Golden Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Budapest (182 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
