Mountain oriole
| Mountain oriole | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | Oriolus |
| Species: | O. percivali |
| Binomial name | |
| Oriolus percivali Ogilvie-Grant, 1903 | |
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The mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali) is a bird species in the family Oriolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests, Uganda and Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]The mountain oriole has been considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the black-headed oriole or the black-winged oriole. Alternate names for the mountain oriole include the black-tailed oriole, montane oriole and Percival's oriole, the last name after Arthur Blayney Percival.
References
[edit]- ↑ BirdLife International (2024). "Oriolus percivali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T22706427A264286098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22706427A264286098.en.
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