Showing posts with label Oriolus xanthornus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oriolus xanthornus. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2012

'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.