The Indian Golden Oriole, reclassified in 2011 from a subspecies of the Eurasian Golden Oriole to a full species,
breeds in the Indian sub-continent and southern Central Asia. Similar to the Eurasian, it is slightly smaller, has an extended eye-stripe
behind the eye, a golden patch on top of the wing, yellow tips to the "secondary and tertiary" wing feathers and more yellow in its tail.
The subspecies shown from southeast Kazakhstan is either O. k. yarkandensis (E. Turkestan) or
O. k. turkestanica (Turkestan City).
The female is a more muted version of the male, but more strongly coloured than the Eurasian.
Top row shows the brightly-coloured male, second row above shows a juvenile and a female parent.
The photos of the mother feeding the youngster are from Alexandra Makhnina in Kazakhsan.
The word "oriole" comes from the Latin "aureus" or gold. Eastern Hemisphere true Orioles are not closely
related to the Western Hemisphere Orioles, the latter being Icterids.