Oriolus xanthornus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is a bird of open woodland and cultivation. The nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. Its food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time.
The black-hooded oriole was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Coracias xanthornus. Linnaeus was confused by the similar appearance of the unrelated New World orioles and the Old World orioles. In his entry for Coracias xanthornus he cited descriptions of birds occurring in Jamaica by Mark Catesby and Patrick Browne as well as an illustration by George Edwards of a bird occurring in Bengal. Linnaeus specified the habitat as "America" but Bengal is now the recognised type location. Also in the 10th edition Linnaeus listed Sturnus luteolus among the starlings and cited another illustration by Edwards. He renamed this species as Oriolus melanocephalus in the 12th... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 13 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 21 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 22 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 23 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 24 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savar | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Asansol | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Bhubaneshwar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinpearl Safari | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 3 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-hooded Oriole sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 5,015 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 204 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black-hooded Oriole in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against about 50% in June to August, the lowest months. That is one of Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]'s driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-hooded Oriole sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 37
Of the 37 cities where we can rate Black-hooded Oriole sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 5th at about 60%. The best odds are in Savar (Bangladesh, about 80%), Asansol (India, about 80%) and Bhubaneshwar (India, about 70%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-hooded Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (5,015 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.
