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What does an oriole mean?

The meaning and symbol of oriole;

1, judging from the appearance of oriole. The oriole wears colorful clothes and sings sweetly. Since ancient times, it has always been a lucky bird in people's minds, and the patterns with orioles as the main decoration are deeply loved by the public. The composition and meaning of these patterns are mostly from famous sentences in ancient poems, such as two orioles singing green willows and a row of egrets flying into the sky.

2. Judging from the life habits of orioles, orioles only drink dew on flowers and plants in the morning. Therefore, it is a beautiful yearning, expectation and respect to regard the water that the oriole drinks as clean.

The oriole is a symbol of spring, and spring is the time when everything grows. It is the duty of the official to protect the soil and put people's livelihood first and give the oriole a symbol of love and vitality.

4. The "yellow" of the yellow calendar means wealth and the "calendar" means auspiciousness. Connect the appearance and essence of orioles with good luck, hoping that orioles can bring good luck to themselves.

morphological character

The oriole is almost surrounded by bright yellow, but there is a circle of black from the nostrils across the eyes to the occipital part of the back of the head, so it is also called "black pillow oriole".

The main flight feather and its cover feather are black, the outer side of the cover feather is yellow, and the main flight feather has a yellow or white narrow edge. The front end of the tail feather is yellow, followed by black. Only the center of the tail feather has two black feathers, and there is no noise.

And the closer to the outside, the bigger the yellow spots on the tail feathers. The feather color of female birds is generally similar to that of male birds, but the back color is slightly green. The black parts of wings and tail are slightly brown. Red eyes, pink mouth and blue feet.

Orioles mainly inhabit the plains, but they can also be seen on mountains at an altitude of 2000 meters. Often inhabit the Woods of villages or towns. During the migration, more than 100 birds flew in waves. Orioles live in trees in most cases and occasionally fall to the ground during the breeding season. The voice is crisp and full of charm. In summer, singing and flying in the green bushes are often sung by poets.