Green-headed Oriole

Oriolus chlorocephalus - Loriot à tête verte

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Oriolidés
Genus
:
Oriolus
Species
:
chlorocephalus

Descriptor

Shelley, 1896

Biometrics

Size
: 24 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Oriolus chlorocephalus chlorocephalus (Malawi and c Mozambique)
Oriolus chlorocephalus amani (se Kenya and e Tanzania)
Oriolus chlorocephalus speculifer (s Mozambique)

Foreign names

Loriot à tête verte,
Oropéndola cabeciverde,
papa-figos-de-cabeça-verde,
Grünkopfpirol,
zöldfejű sárgarigó,
Groenkopwielewaal,
Oriolo testaverde,
grönhuvad gylling,
Grønnhodepirol,
vlha zelenohlavá,
žluva zelenohlavá,
Grønhovedet Pirol,
sammalkuhankeittäjä,
Groenkopwielewaal,
oriol capverd,
wilga zielonogłowa,
Зеленоголовая иволга,
ミドリコウライウグイス,
绿头黄鹂,
綠頭黃鸝,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

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

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Dale A Zimmerman, Donald A Turner, David J Pearson
Vol 13- Handbook of the birds of the world, del Hoyo J., Elliott A. Christie D.
African Bird Club,
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest