Olive-backed Oriole
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(New page: Image:Olivebackedoriole.JPG '''Common Name:''' Olive-backed Oriole<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Oriolus sagittatus '''Size:''' 10½ - 11 inches (26-28 cm) '''Habitat:''' Australia; oc...) |
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The Olive-backed Oriole prefers forests, woodlands and rainforests, as well as well-treed urban areas, particularly parks and golf courses. | The Olive-backed Oriole prefers forests, woodlands and rainforests, as well as well-treed urban areas, particularly parks and golf courses. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' Least Concern. Global population: unknown. Olive-backed Orioles are commonly encountered in urban parks and golf-courses, particularly those that have fruit-bearing trees. | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global population:''' unknown. Olive-backed Orioles are commonly encountered in urban parks and golf-courses, particularly those that have fruit-bearing trees. |
'''Diet:''' Fruit and insects. Although they are sometimes seen in small groups, particularly in autumn and winter, they more often occur alone or in pairs, feeding on insects and fruit in canopy trees. | '''Diet:''' Fruit and insects. Although they are sometimes seen in small groups, particularly in autumn and winter, they more often occur alone or in pairs, feeding on insects and fruit in canopy trees. | ||
'''Cool Facts:''' The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous. Olive-backed Orioles are excellent mimics of other birds, and are also 'ventriloquists', meaning they can 'throw' their voices to sound like they are calling from somewhere else. | '''Cool Facts:''' The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous. Olive-backed Orioles are excellent mimics of other birds, and are also 'ventriloquists', meaning they can 'throw' their voices to sound like they are calling from somewhere else. | ||
| - | '''Found in Songbird | + | |
| + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-australia-v2.html Songbird ReMix Australia Volume II]''' | ||
