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Orioles 
Black-naped Oriole, O. chinensis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Subclass: Neornithes Infraclass: Neognathae Superorder: Neoaves Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Oriolidae Genus: Oriolus
Linnaeus, 1766Diversity 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]
Clade I
- Australasian Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus
- Olive-brown Oriole, Oriolus melanotis
- Brown Oriole, Oriolus szalayi
- Olive-backed Oriole or White-bellied Oriole, Oriolus sagittattus
- Halmahera Oriole, Oriolus phaeochromus
- Ceram Oriole, Oriolus forsteni
- Buru Oriole, Oriolus bouroensis
Clade II
- Western Black-headed Oriole, Oriolus brachyrhynchus
- Great-billed Oriole, Oriolus crassirostris
- Green-headed Oriole, Oriolus chlorocephalus
Clade III
- Black-winged Oriole, Oriolus nigripennis
- Black-tailed Oriole, Oriolus percivali
- Black-headed Oriole, Oriolus larvatus
- Forest Oriole, Oriolus monacha
Clade IV
- Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus chinensis
- Slender-billed Oriole, Oriole tenuirostris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus
- Indian Golden Oriole, Oriolus kundoo
- African Golden Oriole, Oriolus auratus
Clade V
- Black and Crimson Oriole, Oriolus cruentus
- Black Oriole, Oriolus hosii
- Maroon Oriole, Oriolus traillii
- Silver Oriole, Oriolus mellianus
Clade VI
- Dark-throated Oriole, Oriolus xanthonotus
- Philippine Oriole, Oriolus steerii
- White-lored Oriole, Oriolus albiloris
- Isabela Oriole, Oriolus isabellae
Isolated species
- Black-hooded Oriole, Oriolus xanthornus
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
Categories:- Oriolus
- Genera of birds
- Old World orioles
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