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

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

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Habitat

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

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol 13- Handbook of the birds of the world, del Hoyo J., Elliott A. Christie D.
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest