LOCAL NAMES

• Kaha Kurulla, කහ කුරුල්ලා, অরিওল, PIROL, ओरियल, ಓರಿಯೊಲ್, ഓറിയോൾ, ओरिओल, ਓਰੀਓਲ, ИВОЛГА, ஓரியோல், ఓరియోల్, ORIOL, 金莺, ΦΛΩΡΟΣ, الصفارية, সখিয়তী, হলদে পাখি, কালোমাথা বেনেবউ, पिरोला, કાળા માથાનો પીલક, શ્યામશિર પીલક, ಕರಿಮಂಡೆ ಅರಿಶಿನಬುರುಡೆ, बुरखा हळद्या, काळटोप हळद्या, पोक्काघो (कोकण भाग), कालोटाउके सुनचरी, कालशीर्ष काञ्चन, கருந்தலை மாங்குயில், கருந்தலை மாம்பழக் குருவி
• Assamese সখিয়তী
• Bangla ইষ্টিকুটুম
• Chinese (SIM) 黑头黄鹂
• Dutch Zwartkopwielewaal
• English Black-hooded Oriole
• English (United States) Black-hooded Oriole
• French Loriot à capuchon noir
• French (French Guiana) Loriot à capuchon noir
• German Bengalenpirol
• Hindi टोपीदार पीलक
• Indonesian Kepudang kerudung-hitam
• Japanese ズグロコウライウグイス
• Malayalam മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ
• Marathi काळ्या डोक्याचा हळद्या
• Norwegian orientpirol
• Odia କରାଳବସନ୍ତ
• Polish wilga złotogrzbieta
• Russian Черноголовая иволга
• Serbian Crnoglava vuga
• Slovak vlha kapucňová
• Spanish Oropéndola Encapuchada
• Spanish (Spain) Oropéndola encapuchada
• Swedish orientgylling
• Thai นกขมิ้นหัวดำใหญ่
• Turkish Çinhindi Kara Başlı Sarıasması
• Ukrainian Вивільга східна

DESCRIPTION

Oriolus xanthornus, BLACK-HOODED ORIOLE is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds A distinctive medium-sized yellow bird with a black head and breast, black flight feathers, and a red bill. a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. In flight, the black band towards the tail tip is visible. Juvenile is duller overall with a white streaked throat and a darker bill. It is a bird of open woodland and cultivation. Its food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where they spend much of their time. Their calls are like …. Named locally as kaha kurulla.