Oriolus sagittatus

2 Olive-backed Oriole at Hughes, ACT

Oriolus sagittatus at Hughes, ACT - 1 Sep 2020 04:14 PM
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Oriolus sagittatus 3 Sep 2020 MatthewFrawley
Oriolus sagittatus 2 Sep 2020 JackyF

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Single bird, has been calling in this area for more than a week

2 comments

   3 Sep 2020
Any mimicry amongst the usual oriole call? The one I heard at Mt Taylor on 18 Aug was doing a Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo call.
JackyF wrote:
   3 Sep 2020
Yes, one day it was confusing me with outbreaks of bower bird like mimicry and low warbling, other times just the usual call.

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  • Oriolus sagittatus Scientific name
  • Olive-backed Oriole Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1111.8m Recorded at altitude
  • 432 images trained Machine learning
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