Black oriole

Black oriole
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Oriolidae
Genus:	Oriolus
Species:	O. hosii
Binomial name
Oriolus hosii Sharpe, 1892

The black oriole (Oriolus hosii) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. ^[2] One of the least known of the orioles, its distribution range is restricted to Sarawak in Borneo. ^[3] Along with the black-and-crimson, maroon, and silver orioles, it belongs to a clade of red and black orioles. ^[4] The binomial name is after Charles Hose who collected the first specimen of the species on Mount Dulit. ^[5]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests where it is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Oriolus hosii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22706440A94069896. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706440A94069896.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN   978-1-906780-56-2.
3. Dickinson, E.C. (2004). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 42. A preliminary review of the Oriolidae". Zool. Verh. Leiden. 350: 47–63.
4. Jønsson, K.A.; Rauri C. K. Bowie; Robert G. Moyle; Martin Irestedt; Les Christidis; Janette A. Norman & Jon Fjeldsa (2010). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Ecography. 33 (2): 232–241. Bibcode:2010Ecogr..33..232J. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06167.x .
5. Hose, Charles (1893). "On the Avifauna of Mount Dulit and the Baram District in the territory of Sarawak". Ibis. 35 (3): 381–424. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1893.tb01231.x.