Eurasian golden oriole
| Eurasian golden oriole | |
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| Male in Ventotene, Italy | |
| Female in Ventotene, Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | Oriolus |
| Species: | O. oriolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oriolus oriolus | |
| Summer Winter | |
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The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), also known as the common golden oriole, is a species of passerine bird 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.