Listen to the Eurasian golden oriole
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About the Eurasian golden oriole
The Eurasian golden oriole is a bird in the family Oriolidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 46 cm and weigh around 7 g.
What does the Eurasian golden oriole sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), also known as the common golden oriole, is a species of passerine bird, measuring approximately 24cm in length with a wingspan of 44-45cm, and the only Old World oriole breeding in Northern Hemisphere temperate regions. It is a summer migrant in Europe and the Palearctic and spends the winter season in central and southern Africa.
Related birds in the genus Oriolus
Frequently asked questions
What does an Eurasian golden oriole sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Eurasian golden oriole on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Eurasian golden oriole endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Eurasian golden oriole as “least concern”.
What family does the Eurasian golden oriole belong to?
The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Pirol Nähe Dahme-Mark (Andreas Plank, 21.05.2011) by Andreas Plank – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Bacúch, Brezno District, Banská… by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · El Condado (near Almonte), Huelva, Andalucía, Spain by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Gmina Białowieża, hajnowski, podlaskie, Poland by Jan Cibulka – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Бор, Gorod Domodedovo, Moskovskaya oblast', Russian… by Nikita Panfilov – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Jelka, Galanta, Trnavský kraj, Slovakia by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25388 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eurasian golden oriole – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Michel Idre from Plaisance du Touch, France – CC BY 2.0