Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii)

Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)

Size
24 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

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 (133)...)

Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) [XC37028]
by Iain Woxvold from Honghe, Wulai Township, Taipei County, Taiwan (call)

Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) [XC104172]
by Jerome Chie-Jen Ko from pangot, India (call)

Subspecies
Closely related to Black Oriole (Oriolus hosii), Javan Oriole (Oriolus cruentus) and, especially, Silver Oriole (Oriolus mellianus) and all, together with Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus), form the "Asian black-headed group".

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

traillii (Vigors, 1832) - Himalayas, Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan east to south-eastern Guizhou and western Guangxi), northern Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam.
robinsoni Delacour, 1927 - Southern Laos and southern Vietnam.
nigellicauda (Swinhoe, 1870) - Hainan I.
ardens (Swinhoe, 1862) - Taiwan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) - 10 files

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