Oriolus oriolus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Golden Oriole sighting in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 221st most-seen of the 275 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Golden Oriole in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April–October, the lowest months. Those are among Mana Pools National Park's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against almost none in August. March has too few records to rate.
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.
18th of 38
Of the 38 parks where we can rate Eurasian Golden Oriole sightings, Mana Pools National Park ranks 18th at under 5%. The best odds are in Białowieża National Park (Poland, about 30%), Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 30%) and Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 30%).
Same genus: Oriolus
The closest relatives of the Eurasian Golden Oriole that you can see in Mana Pools National Park (genus Oriolus, Old World Orioles) are Black-headed Oriole (about 20%) and African Golden Oriole (about 20%), 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 Mana Pools National Park (14 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.
