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Oriolus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Corvoidea
Familia: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species: O. albiloris - O. auratus - O. bouroensis - O. brachyrhynchus - O. chinensis - O. chlorocephalus - O. crassirostris - O. cruentus - O. flavocinctus - O. forsteni - O. hosii - O. isabellae - O. larvatus - O. melanotis - O. mellianus - O. monacha - O. nigripennis - O. oriolus - O. percivali - O. phaeochromus - O. sagittatus - O. steerii - O. szalayi - O. tenuirostris - O. traillii - O. xanthonotus - O. xanthornus

Name

Oriolus Linnaeus, 1766

Reference

Systema Naturae ed.12 p.160

Vernacular names
Internationalization
Türkçe: Sarıasma

Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the namesake of the corvoidean family Oriolidae. They are not related to the New World orioles, which are icterids (family Icteridae) and, belonging to the superfamily Passeroidea songbirds, are quite unrelated to the true orioles.

The orioles are a mainly tropical group, although one species (Golden Oriole, O. oriolus) breeds in temperate regions.

Species in taxonomic order

* Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus
* Brown Oriole, Oriolus szalayi
* Halmahera Oriole, Oriolus phaeochromus
* Ceram Oriole, Oriolus forsteni
* Buru Oriole, Oriolus bouroensis
* Olive-brown Oriole, Oriolus melanotis
* Olive-backed Oriole or White-bellied Oriole, Oriolus sagittattus
* Australasian Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus
* Dark-throated Oriole, Oriolus xanthonotus
* White-lored Oriole, Oriolus albiloris
* Isabela Oriole, Oriolus isabellae
* African Golden Oriole, Oriolus auratus
* Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus chinensis
* Green-headed Oriole, Oriolus chlorocephalus
* Great-billed Oriole, Oriolus crassirostris
* Western Black-headed Oriole, Oriolus brachyrhynchus
* Forest Oriole, Oriolus monacha
* Black-headed Oriole, Oriolus larvatus
* Black-winged Oriole, Oriolus nigripennis
* Black-hooded Oriole, Oriolus xanthornus
* Black Oriole, Oriolus hosii
* Black and Crimson Oriole, Oriolus cruentus
* Maroon Oriole, Oriolus traillii
* Silver Oriole, Oriolus mellianus
* Black-tailed Oriole, Oriolus percivali
* Philippine Oriole, Oriolus steerii
* Slender-billed Oriole, Oriole tenuirostris

An unidentified oriole was heard on May 14 1994 at 1,000 meters ASL south of the summit of Camiguin in the Philippines, where the genus was not previously known to occur. It might have been an undescribed taxon, or simply a vagrant of a known species.[1]

Footnotes

1. ^ Balete et al. (2006), Heaney & Tabaranza (2006)


References

* Balete, Danilo S.; Tabaranza, Blas R. Jr. & Heaney, Lawrence R. (2006): An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines. Fieldiana Zool. New Series 106: 58–72. DOI:10.3158/0015-0754(2006)106[58:AACOTB]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
* Heaney, Lawrence R. & Tabaranza, Blas R. Jr. (2006): Mammal and Land Bird Studies on Camiguin Island, Philippines: Background and Conservation Priorities. Fieldiana Zool. New Series 106: 1-13. DOI:10.3158/0015-0754(2006)106[1:MALBSO]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract


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