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 LC    Oriole Finch* Id (Atlas):
    Linurgus olivaceus

Description (10)
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Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fraser, 1842)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Unknown to Equatorial Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus) [XC517258]
     by Micha\u0142 Budka from Suni camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp, Tanzania (song)

 
Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus) [XC517256]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Suni camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • olivaceus (Fraser, 1842)   -  South-eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
  • prigoginei Schouteden, 1950   -  Eastern DRCongo, extreme south-western Uganda, western Rwanda and western Burundi.
  • elgonensis van Someren, 1918   -  South-eastern Sudan, eastern Uganda and western and central Kenya.
  • kilimensis (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)   -  Extreme southern Kenya (Mt Ol Doinyo Orok, in Namanga Hills), Tanzania and northern Malawi.



References
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Files:
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