Oriolus mellianus
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In 3 days <5%
The silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It breeds in southern China and winters in mainland southeast Asia in southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia. It is 28 cm long; males have a black head and wings, and a silvery-white body; females are duller, with the body mid-grey above, and heavily streaked blackish-grey on white below. Both sexes have a pinkish-grey tail and under-tail coverts, dark grey legs and bill, and a white iris.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest where it is threatened by habitat loss. The silver oriole was originally described by Stresemann as a subspecies of the maroon oriole, but is now treated as a separate species; it is very similar, except that the red in the body plumage of the maroon oriole is replaced by silvery white. Genetic evidence has now shown that Stresemann's original assessment was accurate, with silver oriole genetically embedded among the subspecies of maroon oriole; the nominate subspecies of maroon oriole is more closely related to silver oriole, than it is to any of the other maroon... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Oriole sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 314th most-seen of the 360 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Oriole in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Silver Oriole sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Oriolus
The closest relatives of the Silver Oriole that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (genus Oriolus, Old World Orioles) are Black-naped Oriole (about 30%) and Black-hooded Oriole (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silver Oriole is recorded against all the birds logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (22 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
