Oriolus chlorocephalus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Oriolus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. albiloris (White Lored Oriole) · O. auratus (African Golden Oriole) · O. auratus auratus (African Golden Oriole) · O. bouroensis (Black Eared Oriole) · O. brachyrhynchus (Western Black-Headed Oriole) · O. brachyrhynchus brachyrhynchus (Western Black-Headed Oriole) · O. chinensis (Black Naped Oriole) · O. chinensis chinensis (Black-Naped Oriole) · O. chlorocephalus (Green-Headed Oriole) · O. crassirostris (Sao Thome Oriole) · O. cruentus (Black and Crimson Oriole) · O. cruentus cruentus (Black and Crimson Oriole) · O. decipiens (Tanimbar Oriole) · O. flavocinctus (Australian Yellow Oriole) · O. flavocinctus flavocinctus (Australian Yellow Oriole) · O. forsteni (Grey-Collared Oriole) · (Black Oriole) · O. isabellae (Isabella Oriole) · O. larvatus (Eastern Black-Headed Oriole) · O. larvatus larvatus (African Black-Headed Oriole) · O. melanotis (Olive Brown Oriole) · O. melanotis melanotis (Olive-Brown Oriole) · O. mellianus (Stresemann's Maroon Oriole) · O. monacha (Abyssinian Black-Headed Oriole) · O. nigripennis (Black-Winged Oriole) · O. oriolus (European Golden Oriole) · O. percivali (Black-Tailed Oriole) · O. phaeochromus (Dusky Brown Oriole) · O. sagittatus (Olive-Backed Oriole) · O. sagittatus sagittatus (Olive-Backed Oriole) · O. steerii (Philippine Oriole) · O. szalayi (Brown Oriole) · O. tenuirostris (Slender-Billed Oriole) · O. traillii (Maroon Oriole) · O. traillii traillii (Maroon Oriole) · (Dark-Throated Oriole) · O. xanthonotus xanthonotus (Dark-Throated Oriole) · O. xanthornus (Asian Black-Headed Oriole) · O. xanthornus xanthornus (Asian Black-Headed Oriole)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 81 1937 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 216, p. 246, p. 408, p. 7.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 131.
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1026, p. 303.
• Nature. London, Macmillan. url p. 470.
• The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region, by G.E. Shelley. .. London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.), 1896-1912. url p. 10.
• The odyssey of an animal collector / Introd. by G. M. Vevers. New York: Longmans, Green, 1954 [c1953] url p. 362.
• The oo?logist's record. London, Harrison and Sons, [1921]-[1969] url p. 94.
• Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 106.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Oriolus chlorocephalus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:

• SysTax
• SysTax: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4127
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561695
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13536119
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561695
• IUCN ID: 228696
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139558

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