BLACK-HOODED ORIOLE

Subspecies ceylonensis, photographed March 2017

(*  254)                BLACK-HOODED ORIOLE                 Oriolus xanthornus

SRI LANKA                13

Found in forests, wooded areas and trees in villages and town gardens. 25 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands up to mid hills.                       

BLACK-HOODED ORIOLE

319             BLACK-HOODED ORIOLE              Oriolus xanthornus

Nepal          (3)

Range is tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. Found in open woodland and cultivated areas, in rural and urban areas..