Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) [XC894883]
by id from Plum Lake, Puer, Yunnan, China (call)
Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii) [XC68907]
by A-Wen, Hsu from Neipu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Vietnam (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.