Adult © Tommy Pedersen
Adult © Heidi Ware Carlisle
Immature © Nicholas Fordyce - Birding Africa
Immature © Nigel Voaden

Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

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Identification

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A spectacular mostly golden-yellow bird with a black head and a pink-orange bill. Singles or pairs may join mixed-species flocks in coastal and riverine forest, forest edge, and moist broadleaf woodland. They tend to remain in the canopy foraging for insects, fruit, and nectar. The species often draws attention to itself with a musical, liquid “wholeuooo” call. Several other African orioles are very similar and are best told apart by range and habitat.

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