Mountain Oriole (Oriolus percivali)

Other Names (World)
Mountain Oriole, Black-tailed Oriole, Montane Oriole, Black-tailed Oriole, Percival's Oriole

Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ogilvie-Grant, 1903

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Montane forests of eastern DRCongo, Uganda, Kenya, north-western Rwanda, Burundi and western Tanzania.

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Mountain Oriole (Oriolus percivali) [XC808990]
by Martin St-Michel from Castle Lodge Mount Kenya, Kenya (call)

Mountain Oriole (Oriolus percivali) [XC700546]
by Peter Boesman from Kinkiizi (near Buhoma), Wilaya ya Kanungu, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (uncertain)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closely related to and sometimes treated as conspecific with Eastern Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus), with which it may hybridize in central Kenya, but the two differ in ecology and vocalizations. Both belong to the "African black-headed group", which includes also Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus), Sao Tome Oriole (Oriolus crassirostris), Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus), Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus monacha) and Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis).

References
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