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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
22/05/2024 01:18:16 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Black-winged Oriole*
Id (Atlas):
Oriolus nigripennis
Description (10 )
Black-winged Oriole
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Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)
Size
20 cm
First Described (Guide )
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)... )
Listen to XC404293
Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis ) [XC404293 ]
by Paulina Meller from Kakum Nationalpark, Ghana (call)
Listen to XC99027
Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis ) [XC99027 ]
by Mike Nelson from Mount Cameroon, Cameroon (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 é. 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Black-winged Oriole see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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