Oriolus chinensis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Rainforests, mountain forests , tall secondary vegetation and small forest areas with flowering trees , to 9,200 feet in altitude . Black-Naped Orioles live, feed , and breed in the treetops.

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,239 meters (0 to 17,188 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Biology

Diet

Insects and fruit, especially cherries, currants, figs, and mulberries. Also flowers, pollen, nectar and berries .

Behavior

Prefers the tops of flowering trees .

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.
• A collection of birds from Szechwan [by] Melvin A. Traylor, Jr. 53 1967 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. url p. 28.
• A history of the birds of Ceylon / London: Published by the author, 1880 [i.e. 1878-1880] url p. 355.
• A manual of Philippine birds / by Richard C. McGregor. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1909. url p. 695.
• A manual of Philippine birds, by Richard C. McGregor. .. Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1909. url p. 695.
• A revised catalogue of the birds of China and its islands, with descriptions of new species, references to former notes, and occasional remarks. By Robert Swinhoe. London, 1871 url p. 38.
• Birds from the islands of Romblon, Sibuyan, and Cresta de Gallo, Further notes on birds from Ticao, Cuyo, Culion, Calayan, Lubang, and Luzon by Richard C. McGregor. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1905. url p. 17, p. 22, p. 23.
• Birds of Asia / by John Gould. II 1850-83 London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, pub. by the author, 1850-1883. url p. , p. .
• Birds of Calayan and Fuga, Babuyan group. Manila, 1904. url p. 4, p. 6.
• Birds of Negros Island [by] Austin L. Rand. 31 1951 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951. url p. 572, p. 573, p. 594.
• Birds of the Philippine Islands: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol, and Samar / Austin L. Rand and Dioscoro S. Rabor. 35 1958 Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. url p. 238, p. 277.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 294, p. 295, p. 296, p. 297, p. 325, p. 550, p. 578, p. 585, p. 612.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1958 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 54.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 242.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 86 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 104.
• Bulletin of the Philippine Museum. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing. url p. 11, p. 15, p. 16, p. 4, p. 6.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 197, p. 199, p. 203.
• 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. 430.
• Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 430.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 112, p. 123, p. 128, p. 129, p. 130.
• Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 695.
• Department of the Interior, Bureau of Government Laboratories. Manila: Bureau of Public Print., 1902-1906. url p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 27.
• General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. 22 1938 Chicago, 1938. url p. 186.
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• Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums. Kuala Lumpur: the Museums, 1905-1936. url p. 235.
• Migration of birds. by Frederick C. Linclon; revised by Steven R. Peterson; associate editor Peter A. Anastasi; illustrated by Bob Hines. Washington: Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979. url p. 117.
• Museum bulletin / Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1908-1916. url p. 108.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Oriolus chinensis. 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 March 10, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• National Science Museum of Korea: National Science Museum of Korea Bird

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4125
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561694
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13536119
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561694
• IUCN ID: 228695
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139557

Footnotes

1. Mean = 818.670 meters (2,685.925 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,062.470 based on 13,807 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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