Indian Golden Oriole

About this species

This species has 275,313 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (97.4%) and Nepal (1.5%); together they account for 98.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.44% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Oriolus kundoo combines the genus name Oriolus with the species epithet kundoo. The Warbla app catalog lists 28 species of the genus Oriolus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Oriolus oriolus, Oriolus xanthornus and Oriolus sagittatus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 35 species of the family Oriolidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Oriolus oriolus. Its record count is 3.5 times the family average (78,258). The family Oriolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Oriolidae

• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Black-hooded Oriole
• Olive-backed Oriole
• Black-naped Oriole
• Black-headed Oriole
• Australasian figbird

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org