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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Golden Oriole among the trees |
| Image notes: |
This bird has been on it's spring migration when it stopped in Shetland for a rest. |
| Species in Image: |
Golden Oriole |
| Date: |
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| Area: |
Mainland |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc02003 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Golden Oriole |
| Latin Name |
Oriolus oriolus |
| Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Oriolidae |
| Common Family Name |
Oriole |
| Description |
Very scarce migrant with 190 records since 1970. Golden Orioles breed mostly in Europe and western to central Asia, but winter south from Cameroon and Kenya. |
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