Dead bird delivery boy.

My wonderful mum found this Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) below the block. She immediately went up and got a ziplock bag, placed the bird in and put it in a cooler box for easy transportation.

Shows that you don’t need to be a scientist to help out in research. Thanks mum! You’re the best!

Source: Sankar Ananthanarayanan Instagram

Assorted specimens of birds of Singapore (top to bottom): Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris), Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense), Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja), Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida) & Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) @ VivoCity

Find out more about these and other Singapore wildlife at the Festival of Biodiversity, happening at VivoCity this weekend!

Black-naped Oriole

Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Yio Chu Kang, 11th January 2012

This photograph of a black-naped oriole carcass, a possible roadkill, was shared by Lin Juanhui on both Twitter and Instagram).

This is the same carcass, photographed a day later.

Find out how you can contribute to Monday Morgue too.

• The Birds of NUS
• The Digital Nature Archive of Singapore
• NParks Flora&FaunaWeb
• Mangrove and wetland wildlife at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve
• The Tidechaser: Passerines or Perching Birds (Phylum Chordata: Order Passeriformes) of Singapore
  
• Oriental Bird Images
• The Internet Bird Collection
• BirdForum Opus
• IUCN Red List