Oriolus larvatus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 851 meters (2,793 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.7     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.1     Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)   
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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

• A catalogue of the collection of birds formed by the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1882. url p. 110.
• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 307.
• Aves. Appendix: On some points in the anatomy of Bradypterus cinnamomeus, by W.P. Pycraft. London, Printed for the Society, 1910. url p. 268, p. 269.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 135, p. 492, p. 58, p. 72.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1971 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 184, p. 184.
• Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url p. 102.
• Catalogue of African birds in the collection of R.B. Sharpe. London: Published by the Author, 1871. url p. 53.
• Catalogue of a collection of birds obtained by the expedition into Somali-land, by D.G. Elliot. 1 1897 Chicago, 1897. url p. 33.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 217.
• Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 431.
• Catalogue of the birds in the Museum Asiatic Society / by Edward Blyth. Published by order of the society. Calcutta: J. Thomas, 1849. url p. 215.
• Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 431.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 132, p. 133.
• Contents and index to volume 1 / Charles B. Cory. 1 1917 Chicago: Natural History Museum, 1917. url p. 357.
• Contributions to the knowledge of the East African ornithology. Birds collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon Expedition 1920. Lund, C. Blom, 1923. url p. 11.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 10, p. 120, p. 133, p. 170, p. 172, p. 175, p. 176, p. 19, p. 203, p. 205, p. 209, p. 218, p. 22, p. 220, p. 221, p. 222, p. 223, p. 224, p. 225, p. 227, p. 236, p. 243, p. 256, p. 260, p. 264, p. 266, p. 287, p. 305, p. 341, p. 352, p. 355, p. 365, p. 366, p. 369, p. 397, p. 398, p. 400, p. 427, p. 433, p. 470, p. 510, p. 531, p. 547, p. 559, p. 568, p. 568, p. 583, p. 587, p. 595, p. 613, p. 655, p. 72, p. 75.
• Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. Manchester: The Society, 1888-1980. url p. 99.
• Observations on the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British expedition to that country in 1867-68. London, Macmillan and co., 1870. url .
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 217, p. 217, p. 449, p. 781, p. 963, p. 963.
• Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress. [Canberra, etc.]: Australian Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 268.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 1066, p. 19, p. 918.
• South African journal of natural history. Pretoria, South African Biological Society. url p. 145, p. 232.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 292, p. 62, p. 63.
• The Hope reports. Oxford: Printed for private circulation, 1897-1958. url p. 574.
• The Ibis. [London]: Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 120, p. 305, p. 583.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 43 1915-17 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 393, p. 548.
• The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 130, p. 15, p. 167, p. 175, p. 181, p. 30, p. 49, p. 57, p. 67, p. 77, p. 86, p. 92.
• 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. 12, p. 13, p. 18, p. 19, p. 489.
• The birds of South Africa / by Edgar Leopold Layard. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1875-1884. url p. 845.
• The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url , p. 48, p. 51.
• The natural history of South Africa. by F.W. Fitzsimons. London, New York [etc.]Longmans, Green and co., 1923. url p. 71.
• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 268, p. 269.
• Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 317.
• Zambezia: a general description of the valley of the Zambezi River, from its delta to the River Aroangwa, with its history, agriculture, flora, fauna, and ethnography / London: J. Murray, 1910. url .

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Oriolus larvatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Bird Collection
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4131
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561702
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13536119
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561702
• IUCN ID: 228703
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139682

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 508.340 based on 9,988 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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