15 May 2010

Black Bird - Black-and-crimson Oriole

Photographed this blackbird at Fraser's Hill @ Mager Road not far from the Gatehouse, while waiting for the green light at 12.00 noon.
I have a problem to ID this. Finally found it on Dig deep blog.

Immature male Black-and-crimson Oriole (Oriolus cruentus)

Juvenile Black-and-crimson Oriole

Compare this with an adult bird that has a crimson stripe on the chest here.
Picture from Choo Tse Chien PBase site. Used with permission.

Black Oriole
Location: Fraser's Hill @ Mager Road

4 comments:

Madibirder said...

New to me.

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

I didn't know orioles came in other colours. In Sinagpore, I have lots of them in NTU, yellow ones.

Ari said...

Interesting discovery! Thanks for sharing.

Joanne Olivieri said...

The details in these photos are just spectacular. Very nice shots.