African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus - Loriot doré

Loriot doré
♂ adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Oriolidés

  • Genus
    :

    Oriolus

  • Species
    :

    auratus

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 60 à 80 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Loriot doré
♂ adult
Loriot doré
♂ adult

African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Oriolus auratus auratus (Senegal and Gambia to w Ethiopia and s Somalia)
  • Oriolus auratus notatus (Angola to c Mozambique)

Foreign names

  • Loriot doré,
  • Oropéndola africana,
  • papa-figos-africano,
  • Goldpirol,
  • Miombó-málinkó,
  • Afrikaanse Wielewaal,
  • Oriolo africano,
  • afrikansk sommargylling,
  • Gullpirol,
  • vlha zlatá,
  • žluva zlatá,
  • Sortmasket Pirol,
  • afrikankuhankeittäjä,
  • Afrikaanse Wielewaal,
  • oriol africà,
  • wilga złota,
  • Африканская жёлтая иволга,
  • アフリカコウライウグイス,
  • 非洲黄鹂,
  • 非洲黃鸝,

Voice song and cries

Loriot doré
♂ adult

Habitat

Loriot doré
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 19-02-2014
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