
Old World Orioles
Oriolus
Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the type genus of the corvoidean family Oriolidae. They are not closely related to the New World orioles, which are icterids (family Icteridae) that belong to the superfamily Passeroidea.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species

Eurasian Golden Oriole
speciesOriolus oriolus

Black-naped Oriole
speciesOriolus chinensis

Olive-backed Oriole
speciesOriolus sagittatus

Black-hooded Oriole
speciesOriolus xanthornus

Indian Golden Oriole
speciesOriolus kundoo

Black-headed Oriole
speciesOriolus larvatus

Maroon Oriole
speciesOriolus traillii

Green Oriole
speciesOriolus flavocinctus

African Golden Oriole
speciesOriolus auratus

Black-and-crimson Oriole
speciesOriolus consanguineus

Dark-throated Oriole
speciesOriolus xanthonotus

Western Black-headed Oriole
speciesOriolus brachyrynchus

Slender-billed Oriole
speciesOriolus tenuirostris

Ventriloquial Oriole
speciesOriolus consobrinus

Brown Oriole
speciesOriolus szalayi

Black-winged Oriole
speciesOriolus nigripennis

Black-tailed Oriole
speciesOriolus percivali

Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole
speciesOriolus monacha

Green-headed Oriole
speciesOriolus chlorocephalus

Silver Oriole
speciesOriolus mellianus

Halmahera Oriole
speciesOriolus phaeochromus

São Tomé Oriole
speciesOriolus crassirostris
Philippine Oriole
speciesOriolus steerii

Timor Oriole
speciesOriolus melanotis

Isabela Oriole
speciesOriolus isabellae

Seram Oriole
speciesOriolus forsteni

White-lored Oriole
speciesOriolus albiloris

Wetar Oriole
speciesOriolus finschi

Black Oriole
speciesOriolus hosii

Buru Oriole
speciesOriolus bouroensis

Tanimbar Oriole
speciesOriolus decipiens
Oriolus larvatus × nigripennis
hybridOriolus larvatus × nigripennis
Oriolus larvatus × percivali
hybridOriolus larvatus × percivali
Javan Oriole
speciesOriolus cruentus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7863.
