Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)

Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

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 (44)...)

Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) [XC855145]
by Pawe\u0142 Szyma\u0144ski from Campala, Quebo, Tombali, Guinea-Bissau (call)

Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) [XC104294]
by Mike Nelson from Aboabo, Kakum National Park, Ghana (song)

Subspecies
Belongs to the "African black-headed group", which also includes Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus), Sao Tome Oriole (Oriolus crassirostris), Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus), Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus monacha), Mountain Oriole (Oriolus percivali) and Eastern Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus).

Proposed subspecies leucostictus (described from Beni, in north-eastern DRCongo) synonymized with nominate. Boundary between the two subspecies uncertain, but probably R Niger, in Nigeria.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

alleni Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855 - Sierra Leone and south-eastern Guinea east to south-western Nigeria.
nigripennis J. Verreaux and �. Verreaux, 1855 - South-eastern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to southern Sudan and north-western Uganda, south to north-western Angola. Also Bioko I (Fernando Póo).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) - 10 files

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