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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
22/05/2024 01:56:59 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
African Golden-Oriole*
Id (Atlas):
Oriolus auratus
Description (10 )
African Golden-Oriole
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Other Names (World)
African Golden Oriole, African Golden-Oriole, African Oriole
Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)
Size
20 cm
First Described (Guide )
Vieillot, 1817
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,850 m.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Mauritania.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)... )
Listen to XC33830
African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus ) [XC33830 ]
by Peter Boesman from Tent with a view' lodge, Saadani, Tanzania (song)
Listen to XC425413
African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus ) [XC425413 ]
by Bram Piot from Kiang West, Lower River, Gambia (song)
Subspecies
Closely related to Eurasian Golden-Oriole (Oriolus oriolus ) and Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo ), with which it forms a superspecies, perhaps including also Slender-billed Oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris ) and Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis ) as members.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
auratus Vieillot, 1817 - Breeds in northern African tropics in
broadleaf savanna woodland from Senegambia east to Sudan and western Ethiopia,
and in southern Somalia; seasonal movements northern and south of breeding range
include northern Uganda and western Kenya.
notatus Peters, W, 1868 - Breeds southern African tropics
in broadleaf savanna woodland from Angola east to central Mozambique; seasonal
movements northern and south of breeding range include eastern Africa and coastal
islands.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Golden-Oriole see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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