Description:

Medium sized golden yellow bird, with black mask and mainly black wings. Male has largely black wings, two-thirds black on outertail feathers, and black mask does not extend behind eye. Female and immature variable, and much as 'Indian'. Bill shorter, less downcurved than 'Indian', and darker red in adult.

Distribution:

Vagrant to the north-western areas of Gilgit-Baltistan, mainly Hunza, Nagar and Ghizer districts. Usually in semi-open, mixed broadleaf woodlands and plantations, forested steppes, groves, orchards and tree clumps in cultivated areas, up to 2500m.

Behavior:

Forages alone or in pairs, also in small groups after breeding season; mixed-species flocks during non-breeding season. Mainly in canopy, sometimes in small to large groups in fruiting trees. Mainly feeds on small invertebrates and fruits; occasionally seeds, and pollen; rarely, small lizards, mammals, eggs and nestlings. Diet during breeding season mainly invertebrates and especially their larvae.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eurasian Golden Oriole in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eurasian Golden Oriole

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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