Black-naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensiS

Beak

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Crest

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Winter visitor to India and Bangladesh; resident on Andamans and Nicobars; status elsewhere uncertain. Larger, stouter bill than Slender-billed. Black mask typically broader across nape than Slender-billed (similar width in some; poorly defined in immature). Male has yellow mantle and wing-coverts concolorous with underparts (brighter than in Slender-billed). Man tle and wing-coverts olive in female (and as Slender-billed). Female and immature not separable from Slender-billed by plumage. Heavier bill and diffuse nape band best features from immature Indian Golden. In Andaman and Ni cobars has largely blaclc wings; in Nicobars also has larger bill and broader nape band. Broadleaved forest.