📸 PhotoPhoto: J.M.Garg · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Black-naped Oriole
Oriolus chinensis (Black-naped Oriole · コウライウグイス)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its body length of 26 cm is about 5 cm longer than the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 It is a representative summer visitor that arrives in spring and is well known for its melodious song (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Black-naped Oriole is a bright yellow bird with a red bill that arrives in Korea in April–May and breeds nationwide as a summer visitor.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Males are bright yellow overall with a broad black eye stripe, and have a black tail with yellow outer tail feathers. Females have a duller yellow back and a narrower eye stripe, while juveniles have a white breast and belly with black vertical streaks.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It hangs a bowl-shaped nest woven with spiderwebs from the tip of a horizontal tree branch and lays 4 eggs in May–July. It sings a melodious 'hiyo, hoho, hoio' call and will even attack birds of prey that enter its territory.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, it is distributed nationwide in Korea, arriving in April–May to breed in many areas.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22706394/130376308
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 130376308
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000001942 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000001942
- • wikidata.org — Q74092
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Black-naped Oriole eyeing on Lannea coromandelica fruit
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Charles J. Sharp · CC BY 4.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Oriolus auratus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.