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Olive-backed oriole

Oriolus sagittatus (Latham, 1802)

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The olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 95.2 g to 98 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
Photo: Duncan McCaskill · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the olive-backed oriole

Weight
95.2 g – 98 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the olive-backed oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the olive-backed oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), or white-bellied oriole, is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and south-central New Guinea. The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous.

From the Wikipedia article “Olive-backed oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olive-backed_oriole&oldid=1379919923), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the olive-backed oriole sound like?

James Ray · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the olive-backed oriole endangered?

The olive-backed oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the olive-backed oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyOriolidae
  6. genusOriolus
  7. SpeciesOriolus sagittatus (Latham, 1802)

Synonyms Coracias sagittata

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • oriol estriatCatalan
  • žluva olivovohřbetáCzech
  • euryn cefnwyrddWelsh
  • Olivenrygget PirolDanish
  • StreifenpirolGerman
  • olivdorsa orioloEsperanto
  • Oropéndola estriadaSpanish
  • tähnikpeoleoEstonian
  • oliivikuhankeittäjäFinnish
  • Loriot sagittalFrench
  • maslinastoleđa vugaCroatian
  • Kepudang tunggir-zaitunIndonesian
  • Oriolo dorsolivaItalian
  • Rigogolo dorso olivaItalian
  • シロハラコウライウグイスJapanese
  • žalsvanugarė volungėLithuanian
  • OlijfrugwielewaalDutch
  • tårepirolNorwegian
  • wilga oliwkowaPolish
  • papa-figos-estriadoPortuguese
  • Пёстрая иволгаRussian
  • Полосатая иволгаRussian
  • vlha olivováSlovak
  • Vuga maslinastih leđaSerbian
  • grönryggig gyllingSwedish
  • นกขมิ้นโอลีฟแบ็กThai
  • Zeytin Sırtlı SarıasmaTurkish
  • вивільга оливковаUkrainian
  • 綠背黃鸝Chinese
  • 橄綠背黃鸝Chinese
  • 绿背黄鹂Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the olive-backed oriole

Other species in the same genus Oriolus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the olive-backed oriole?

An adult olive-backed oriole weighs 95.2 g – 98 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the olive-backed oriole endangered?

The olive-backed oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the olive-backed oriole?

The olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-backed-oriole

MLA

“Olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-backed-oriole.

BibTeX
@misc{olive_backed_oriole_2026,
  title = {Olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-backed-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}