Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Philippines (B), Singapore (E), Thailand (B).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction through illegal logging and land conversion, and forest fires are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Dark-throated Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus) [XC882517]
by Ding Li Yong from Johor, Panti Forest Reserve, Bunker Trail, Malaysia (song)
Dark-throated Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus) [XC382173]
by Brendan Sloan from Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)
Subspecies
Sister-species to and formerly treated as conspecific with Philippine Oriole (Oriolus steerii), both possibly forming a superspecies with Isabela Oriole (Oriolus isabellae) and all were formerly placed in the alternative genus Xanthonotus.
Proposed subspecies palawanus has same type locality (Puerto Princessa, on Palawan) as persuasus, of which it is a junior synonym.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
xanthonotus Horsfield, 1821 - Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, Java and south-western Borneo.
mentawi Chasen & Kloss, 1926 - Mentawai Is (Siberut, Sipura, Pagai Is), off western Sumatra.
persuasus Bangs, 1922 - Culion I and Palawan, in western Philippines.
consobrinus Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1880 - Northern, central and eastern Borneo and adjacent islands.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet