Black-naped Oriole

Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis was recorded fourteen times on the tour but this was the only bird which came close enough for a photograph in good light. The males and females are difficult to separate but I believe this is a male bird based on the golden yellow colour of the mantle and wing coverts.

Black-naped Oriole is a bird of the oriole family and is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within wide distribution range of the species and in the past Slender-billed Oriole O. tenuirostris was included as a subspecies. Unlike Eurasian Golden Oriole O. oriolus which only has a short and narrow eye-stripe, Black-naped Oriole has the stripe broadening and joining at the back of the neck. Males and females are very similar although the wing lining of the female is more greenish. The bill is pink and is stouter than that of Golden Oriole.

There are a large number of subspecies but this bird is most likely to be subspecies diffusus which breeds in eastern Siberia, Ussuriland, north eastern China, Korea and northern Vietnam and winters in Thailand, Myanmar and parts of India. Black-naped Oriole is found in forests, gardens and plantations. It feeds on berries and insects in the canopy.

Reference: Wikipedia