Olive-backed Oriole at Quaama, NSW
Identification history
| Oriolus sagittatus | 24 Mar 2022 | Liam.m | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Dec 2020 | FionaG |
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User's notes
Large bird spotted in the top of a tall tree, from quite a distance away. Similar in shape and I think size to a Currawong. White and various shades of grey on the back, white with black striations on the belly. Tail has white tips.
2 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
30 Jan 2021
Looks like this one has been languishing in the too hard basket for a while. It looks to me like a juvenile oriole, particularly in the in-flight photo. The white tips to the tail feathers fit with that. The mottled coloration and bill shape don't fit with a currawong. Hopefully now that I've made the suggestion someone else with bird expertise will take a look at it. I'm not quite confident enough to confirm it.
FionaG
wrote:
30 Jan 2021
Thanks Jackie. Perhaps the lighting is making it difficult. I thought it quite a bit larger than an Oriole as well but I am no expert. We have certainly had a lot of Orioles around this year.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.893512-36.463604
- Places Quaama, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Dec 2020 07:37 AM Recorded on
- FionaG Recorded by
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Birds Intermediate size Other Birds FionaG South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Oriolus sagittatus Scientific name
- Olive-backed Oriole Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1111.8m Recorded at altitude
- 416 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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