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title: "Olijfrugwielewaal"
description: "Oriolus sagittatus — Vogels. The olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), or white-bellied oriole, is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and south-central New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/olive-backed-oriole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Olijfrugwielewaal

> Oriolus sagittatus — Vogels. The olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), or white-bellied oriole, is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and south-central New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Oriolus sagittatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 5322
- Wikidata: [Q1591161](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591161)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7879](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7879)

## Names

- en: Olive-backed Oriole
- de: Streifenpirol
- es: Oropéndola estriada
- fr: Loriot sagittal
- nl: Olijfrugwielewaal
- pl: Wilga oliwkowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (5077)

## Summary

The olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), or white-bellied oriole, is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and south-central New Guinea. The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive-backed_oriole

## Photo

![Olijfrugwielewaal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/olive-backed-oriole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Claudia Schipp · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68267921

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/olive-backed-oriole?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).