Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

≈26 cmLength46 cmWingspan79 gWeight

The male has sharply contrasting black and yellow plumage but remains difficult to find among yellow-green leaves.

Busiest months: May · Most records: Spain, Czechia, Poland

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Male plumage patterned black and yellow
Female plumage duller and greenish

Male, female and young

Male strikingly black and yellow; female greenish and duller.

Voice

Call harsh, like “kweeaahk”; song a fluty “weela-wee-ooo”.

Where and when it's recorded

Eurasian Golden Oriole has been recorded at 1,153 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 106 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Aras Kuş Halkalama İstasyonuTürkiye735 records
Lakenheath Fen RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom584 records
Zamora – Río DueroSpain573 records

More places

International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE)Israel496 records
Sureste PNat – Soto de las JuntasSpain472 records
Antikythira Bird ObservatoryGreece460 records
VN RozkošCzechia364 records
Balsa de LozaSpain351 records
Zaragoza – Parque del AguaSpain343 records
Sečoveljske soline – jug | Sečovlje Salina – southSlovenia306 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Spain Czechia Poland Portugal Germany Bulgaria Israel Türkiye

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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