| Orioles | |
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| Black-naped Oriole, O. chinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Corvida |
| Superfamily: | Orioloidea |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | Oriolus Linnaeus, 1766 |
| Diversity | |
| [[#Species in taxonomic order|27 species]] | |
Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo in Hyderabad, India.
Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the namesake of the corvoidean family Oriolidae. They are not related to the New World orioles, which are icterids (family Icteridae) and, belonging to the superfamily Passeroidea songbirds, are quite unrelated to the true orioles.
The orioles are a mainly tropical group, although one species (Eurasian Golden Oriole, O. oriolus) breeds in temperate regions.
Species in taxonomic order[]
The phylogenetic relationshsips of the genus Oriolus have been well established.[1]
- Black-hooded Oriole, Oriolus xanthornus
- Green-headed Oriole, Oriolus chlorocephalus
- Western Oriole, Oriolus brachyrhynchus
- Sao Tome Oriole, Oriolus crassirostris
- Ethiopian Oriole, Oriolus monacha
- Black-headed Oriole, Oriolus larvatus
- Black-winged Oriole, Oriolus nigripennis
- Mountain Oriole, Oriolus percivali
- African Golden Oriole, Oriolus auratus
- Sunda Golden Oriole, Oriolus maculatus
- Asian Golden Oriole, Oriolus diffusus
- Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus chinensis
- Slender-billed Oriole, Oriolus tenuirostris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus
- Indian Golden Oriole, Oriolus kundoo
Now in Mimeta[]
- Brown Oriole, Mimeta szalayi
- Olive-brown Oriole, Mimeta melanotis
- Green Oriole, Mimeta flavocinctus
- Olive-backed Oriole, Mimeta sagittata
- Dusky-brown Oriole, Mimeta phaeochroma
- Grey-collared Oriole, Mimeta forsteni
- Black-eared Oriole, Mimeta bouroensis
- Tanimbar Oriole, Mimeta decipiens
Now in Xanthonotus[]
- Dark-throated Oriole, Xanthonotus xanthonotus
- Philippine Oriole, Xanthonotus steerii
- White-lored Oriole, Xanthonotus albiloris
- Isabela Oriole, Xanthonotus isabellae
Now in Analcipus[]
- Black-and-crimson Oriole, Analcipus cruentus
- Black Oriole, Analcipus hosii
- Maroon Oriole, Analcipus traillii
- Silver Oriole, Analcipus mellianus
An unidentified oriole was heard on May 14, 1994, at 1,000 meters ASL south of the summit of Camiguin in the Philippines, where the genus was not previously known to occur. It might have been an undescribed taxon, or simply a vagrant of a known species.[2]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Knud A. Jønsson, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Robert G. Moyle, Martin Irestedt, Les Christidis, Janette A. Norman, Jon Fjeldså (2010) Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) Ecography 33(2): 232–241 doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06167.x
- ^ Balete et al. (2006), Heaney & Tabaranza (2006)
References[]
- Balete, Danilo S.; Tabaranza, Blas R. Jr. & Heaney, Lawrence R. (2006): An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines. Fieldiana Zool. New Series 106: 58–72. DOI:10.3158/0015-0754(2006)106[58:AACOTB]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
- Heaney, Lawrence R. & Tabaranza, Blas R. Jr. (2006): Mammal and Land Bird Studies on Camiguin Island, Philippines: Background and Conservation Priorities. Fieldiana Zool. New Series 106: 1-13. DOI:10.3158/0015-0754(2006)106[1:MALBSO]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
External links[]
Media related to Oriolus at Wikimedia Commons- Oriole videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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