'Yellow bird' - 'Black-hooded Oriole', on a 'Veralu tree, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

On the garden wall of our home in Avissawella.

'Black-hooded Oriole', Karandana, Sri Lanka

'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

The sky was getting dark presaging thunder and lightening. I saw this bird having a quick snack before flying off to its place of refuge.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNy0Nx-eDqQ

'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka

'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

This beautiful bird is known as 'Kaha kurulla' (yellow-bird) in Sinhalese and 'Mambala kuruvi' (Mango-bird) in Tamil. It has a cry as they say in Sinhalese 'Loku putha ko' (Where is the elder son). They relish eating the mango fruit.