Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) [XC628351]
by Bram Piot from Nam Kat Yorla Pa (waterfall road), Oudomxay, Vietnam (aberrant, call)
Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) [XC614928]
by Jelle Scharringa from Godavari Forest (near Godawari), Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, Taiwan (imitation, song, mimicry\/imitation)
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.