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Oriolus

(Genus)

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Orioles are colorful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the namesake of the 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 (Eurasian Golden Oriole, O. oriolus) breeds in temperate regions.

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The phylogenetic relationshsips of the genus Oriolus have been well established.[1]

Clade I

Clade II

Clade III

Clade IV

Clade V

Clade VI

Isolated species

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.[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Knud A. J?nsson, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Robert G. Moyle, Martin Irestedt, Les Christidis, Janette A. Norman, Jon Fjelds? (2010) Phylogeny and biogeography of Orioli dae (Aves: Passeriformes) Ecography 33(2): 232?241 doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06167.x
  2. ^ Balete et al. (2006), Heaney & Tabaranza (2006)
b>Orioles are colorful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the namesake of the 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 (Eurasian Golden Oriole, O. oriolus) breeds in temperate regions.

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The phylogenetic relationshsips of the genus Oriolus have been well established.[1]

Clade I

Clade II

Clade III

Clade IV

Clade V

Clade VI

Isolated species

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.[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Knud A. J?nsson, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Robert G. Moyle, Martin Irestedt, Les Christidis, Janette A. Norman, Jon Fjelds? (2010) Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) Ecography 33(2): 232?241 doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06167.x
  2. ^ Balete et al. (2006), Heaney & Tabaranza (2006)

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Taxonomy

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The Genus Oriolus is further organized into finer groupings including:

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Footnotes

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

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 16:03:35