About: African Golden Oriole

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The African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus), is a species of Old World oriole which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara. It is a bird of thick bush and other well-wooded areas. The hanging basket-shaped nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. The food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time. The flight is somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances. The call is a screech like a jay, but the song is a beautiful fluting fee-ooo fee-ooo, unmistakable once heard.

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rdfs:label	African Golden Oriole
rdfs:comment	The African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus), is a species of Old World oriole which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara. It is a bird of thick bush and other well-wooded areas. The hanging basket-shaped nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. The food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time. The flight is somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances. The call is a screech like a jay, but the song is a beautiful fluting fee-ooo fee-ooo, unmistakable once heard.
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dcterms:subject	Least Concern Species Animalia Birds of Africa Chordata Passeriformes Passeri Aves Birds of South Africa Birds of Ethiopia Birds of Somalia dbkwik:resource/AVyHLD6EI8gb0vFgHmA4kA== Animals Described in 1817 Birds of Mozambique Birds of Kenya Oriolus Birds of Angola Oriolidae Birds of Sudan
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Status	Least Concern
Name	African Golden Oriole
Species	Oriolus auratus
Genus	Oriolus
Class	Aves
Family	Oriolidae
Order	Passeriformes
Phylum	Chordata
Location	Africa south of the Sahara.
abstract	The African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus), is a species of Old World oriole which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara. It is a bird of thick bush and other well-wooded areas. The hanging basket-shaped nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs. The food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time. The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, although the plumage is predominantly yellow, with solid black only in the flight feathers and tail centre. There is a great deal of gold in the wings, which is a distinction from Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), which winters in Africa. The female is a drabber green bird, distinguished from the European species by more contrasting wings and black around the eye. Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy. The flight is somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances. The call is a screech like a jay, but the song is a beautiful fluting fee-ooo fee-ooo, unmistakable once heard. The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus) by Albertus Magnus in about 1250, and was stated by him to be onomatopoeic, from the song of the golden oriole. The New World orioles are similar in appearance to the Oriolidae, but are icterids unrelated to the Old World birds.

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