Green oriole

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{speciesbox | name = Green oriole | image = Green oriole 1128.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Oriolus flavocinctus'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T22706365A118671909 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22706365A118671909.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Oriolus | species = flavocinctus | authority = (King, P.P., 1826) | synonyms = * ''Mimetes flavocinctus'' }}

The '''green oriole''' or '''Australasian yellow oriole''' ('''''Oriolus flavocinctus''''') is an inconspicuous inhabitant of lush tropical vegetation throughout Australia and New Guinea.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Species profile—Oriolus flavocinctus (green oriole) |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1441 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Species information |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref> thumb|On nest, Daintree Rainforest, Queensland ==Taxonomy and systematics== Alternate names for the green oriole include the '''Australian yellow oriole''', '''yellow oriole''' and '''yellow-bellied oriole'''.

===Subspecies=== Six subspecies are recognised:<ref>{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 7.1|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''O. f. migrator'' - Hartert, 1904: Found in eastern Lesser Sundas * ''O. f. muelleri'' - (Bonaparte, 1850): Originally described as a separate species. Found in south-central New Guinea * ''O. f. flavocinctus'' - (King, P.P., 1826): Found in northern Australia * ''O. f. tiwi'' - Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999: Found on Bathurst and Melville Islands (off northern Australia) * ''O. f. flavotinctus'' - Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999: Found on Cape York Peninsula (north-eastern Australia) * ''O. f. kingi'' - Mathews, 1912: Found in north-eastern Queensland (north-eastern Australia)

==Distribution and habitat== They are often difficult to locate, as their yellow-green plumage blends with the foliage and only their deep bubbling musical calls can be heard. They are nevertheless common in suitable habitat: rainforests, mangroves, thickets along watercourses, swamps, and lush gardens.

==Behaviour and ecology== [[File:Yellow oriole portland08.JPG|thumb|Yellow oriole, Cape York Peninsula]]

===Breeding=== Breeding takes place during the wet season (October to March). A neat, deep cup is constructed from strips of bark and vines, lined with rootlets, and slung between leafy branches, usually 5–15 m up. They typically lay two eggs.

===Food and feeding=== Green orioles forage slowly and methodically through the middle and upper strata of dense forests, taking fruit in the main. Typically alone or in pairs, they sometimes form small flocks in the nonbreeding season.

==References== {{Reflist}}

green oriole green oriole Category:Birds of the Aru Islands Category:Birds of New Guinea Category:Birds of the Northern Territory Category:Birds of Cape York Peninsula green oriole green oriole