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The Olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) is a bird found in Australia. Open woods across northern and eastern Australia. It eats fruit, insects and other small invertebrates and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Olive-backed oriole lives

Open woods across northern and eastern Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit50%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs20%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%
• 🌸 Nectar10%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Olive-backed oriole

Recorded by Andrew Galbraith (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC826845. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Olive-backed oriole

Where does the Olive-backed oriole live?

The Olive-backed oriole lives in Australia. Open woods across northern and eastern Australia.

What does the Olive-backed oriole eat?

fruit (about 50%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), nectar (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Olive-backed oriole endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Australasian swamphen
• Shy albatross
• Brown honeyeater
• Fulmar prion
• Pied butcherbird
• Eastern spinebill

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.