Western Oriole

Oriolus brachyrynchus - Loriot à tête noire

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Oriolidés

  • Genus
    :

    Oriolus

  • Species
    :

    brachyrynchus

Descriptor

Swainson, 1837

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 21 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 42 à 57 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Loriot à tête noire
adult

Western Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Oriolus brachyrynchus brachyrynchus (Guinea-Bissau to Togo and Benin)
  • Oriolus brachyrynchus laetior (Nigeria to w Kenya, sc DRCongo and n Angola)

Foreign names

  • Loriot à tête noire,
  • Oropéndola cabecinegra,
  • papa-figos-de-cabeça-preta-ocidental,
  • Dschungelpirol,
  • Blauwvleugelwielewaal,
  • Oriolo occidentale,
  • djungelgylling,
  • Jungelpirol,
  • vlha lesná,
  • žluva lesní,
  • Olivenrygget Hættepirol,
  • huilukuhankeittäjä,
  • oriolcapnegre occidental,
  • wilga kapturowa,
  • Синекрылая иволга,
  • キエリコウライウグイス,
  • 西非黑头黄鹂,
  • 西非黑頭黃鸝,

Voice song and cries

Loriot à tête noire
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Loriot à tête noire
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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