Green-headed oriole

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Green-headed oriole
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species:
O. chlorocephalus
Binomial name
Oriolus chlorocephalus
Shelley, 1896
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O. c. subsp. speculifer is endemic to Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique
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O. c. subsp. amani specimen at Nairobi National Museum

The green-headed oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus), or montane oriole, is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is found in eastern Africa.

Contents

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized: [2]

Distribution and habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, dry lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Behaviour and ecology

They feed on fruit, seeds, nectar and insects or insect larvae. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Oriolus chlorocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22706400A94067911. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706400A94067911.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi: 10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1 .
  3. Walther, B.; Jones, P. (2016). "Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 22 September 2016.