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Eurasian Golden Oriole
Europese Wielewaal · Oriolus oriolus
A long-distance summer migrant from Europe and Asia, present roughly October to March and absent in winter. The male is golden-yellow with black wings and a black eye-stripe, lacking the full black hood of the resident Black-headed Oriole. Shyer and quieter than its local cousin, it slips through treetops feeding on insects and fruit.
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Like Black-headed Oriole but with an all-yellow head and only a small black streak through the eye, not a full hood.
Listen for its call
Fluty mellow "weela-weeoo" from the canopy (a quiet summer visitor).
Where to see it in Kruger
A summer visitor to tall woodland and riverine forest, gone by autumn; quiet and easily overlooked in the leafy canopy.
Did you know
This little traveller flies all the way from Europe to spend the warm months in African bushveld.
Often confused with
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