#0769 · 🐦 birds
Eurasian Golden Oriole
🇳🇱 Wielewaal ·Oriolus oriolus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Edwin Arrigui Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Анатолий Кузьмин · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Umut Güngör · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Paco Gómez · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Ferran Pestaña · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. © Константин Самодуров · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Муртаза Снегирёв · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Eurasian golden oriole ( Oriolus oriolus ) or simply golden oriole , is the only member of the oriole family of passerine birds breeding in Northern Hemisphere temperate regions. It is a summer migrant in Europe and western Asia and spends the winter season in central and southern Africa.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 39 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 17,033 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 7 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Nederlands
- Wielewaal
- scientific name
- Oriolus oriolus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Oriolidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 39
- sightings in Europe
- 11,425
- sightings worldwide
- 17,033
- GBIF records in NL
- 53,297
- weight
- 7.3 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 204556, Wikidata Q25388, GBIF 2488949, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.