Orioles are colourful Old World

Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....

 passerine

Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

 bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

s in the genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 Oriolus, the namesake of the corvoidean family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Oriolidae. They are not related to the New World oriole

New World oriole

New World orioles, comprising the genus Icterus, are a group of birds in the blackbird family. They are not related to Old World orioles which are in the family Oriolidae, but are strikingly similar in size, diet, behaviour and in their strongly contrasting plumage, and are a good example of...

s, which are icterid

Icterid

The Icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. The family is extremely varied in size, shape, behavior and coloration...

s (family Icteridae) and, belonging to the superfamily

Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...

 Passeroidea songbird

Songbird

A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds . Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "a songbird"...

s, are quite unrelated to the true orioles.

The orioles are a mainly tropical group, although one species (Eurasian Golden Oriole, O. oriolus) breeds in temperate

Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...

 regions.

Species in taxonomic order

The phylogenetic relationshsips of the genus Oriolus have been well established.

Clade I

• Australasian Yellow Oriole
  Australasian Yellow Oriole
  The Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole, is an inconspicuous inhabitant of lush tropical vegetation throughout New Guinea and northern Australia, including Cape York Peninsula, the Top End and the Kimberley....
  
   or Green Oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus
• Olive-brown Oriole
  Olive-brown Oriole
  The Olive-brown Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is found in Indonesia and East Timor. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....
  
  , Oriolus melanotis
• Brown Oriole
  Brown Oriole
  The Brown Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
  , Oriolus szalayi
• Olive-backed Oriole
  Olive-backed Oriole
  The Olive-backed Oriole is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea. The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous. Not bright in colour, it is olive-backed with small dark streaks, with a light chest having...
  
   or White-bellied Oriole, Oriolus sagittattus
• Halmahera Oriole, Oriolus phaeochromus
• Ceram Oriole, Oriolus forsteni
• Buru Oriole, Oriolus bouroensis

Clade II

• Western Black-headed Oriole
  Western Black-headed Oriole
  The Western Oriole , also known as the Western Black-headed Oriole, is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family that is native to Africa.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
  , Oriolus brachyrhynchus
• Great-billed Oriole, Oriolus crassirostris
• Green-headed Oriole
  Green-headed Oriole
  The Green-headed Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania....
  
  , Oriolus chlorocephalus

Clade III

• Black-winged Oriole
  Black-winged Oriole
  The Black-winged Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone,...
  
  , Oriolus nigripennis
• Black-tailed Oriole
  Black-tailed Oriole
  The Mountain Oriole , also known as the Black-tailed Oriole, is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda...
  
  , Oriolus percivali
• Black-headed Oriole
  Black-headed Oriole
  The Black-headed Oriole is an African passerine.It has a very striking appearance with a bright yellow body, contrasting black head and flesh-coloured beak....
  
  , Oriolus larvatus
• Forest Oriole, Oriolus monacha

Clade IV

• Black-naped Oriole
  Black-naped Oriole
  The Black-naped Oriole is a bird of the oriole family and is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within wide distribution range of the species and in the past the Slender-billed Oriole was included as a subspecies...
  
  , Oriolus chinensis
• Slender-billed Oriole
  Slender-billed Oriole
  The Slender-billed Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
  
  , Oriole tenuirostris
• Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus
• Indian Golden Oriole
  Indian Golden Oriole
  The Indian Golden Oriole, is a species of oriole found in southern and central Asia. The species was once considered to be a subspecies of the Eurasian Golden Oriole, but has been elevated to a full species on the basis of differences in morphology, plumage and calls and the fact that the two do...
  
  , Oriolus kundoo
• African Golden Oriole
  African Golden Oriole
  The African Golden Oriole is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara....
  
  , Oriolus auratus

Clade V

• Black and Crimson Oriole, Oriolus cruentus
• Black Oriole
  Black Oriole
  The Black Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is endemic to Borneo, including Malaysia and Indonesia. One of the least known of the orioles, its distribution range is restricted to Sarawak in Borneo. Along with O. cruentus, O. trailli and O. mellianus it belongs to a clade of...
  
  , Oriolus hosii
• Maroon Oriole
  Maroon Oriole
  The Maroon Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam....
  
  , Oriolus traillii
• Silver Oriole
  Silver Oriole
  The Silver Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, and Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.- References :* BirdLife...
  
  , Oriolus mellianus

Clade VI

• Dark-throated Oriole
  Dark-throated Oriole
  The Dark-throated Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....
  
  , Oriolus xanthonotus
• Philippine Oriole
  Philippine Oriole
  The Philippine Oriole tyler is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Though the species is fairly common throughout its range, the Cebu race The Philippine Oriole tyler (Oriolus steerii) is a...
  
  , Oriolus steerii
• White-lored Oriole
  White-lored Oriole
  The White-lored Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
  
  , Oriolus albiloris
• Isabela Oriole
  Isabela Oriole
  The Isabela Oriole is an endemic species of the Oriole family found on Luzon, the Philippines. The bird that was presumed extinct for many years until it rediscovery in December 1993 near Diffun, Quirino, and in Mansarong, Baggao, Cagayan in September 1994...
  
  , Oriolus isabellae

Isolated species

• Black-hooded Oriole
  Black-hooded Oriole
  The Black-hooded Oriole, Oriolus xanthornus, is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds and is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia....
  
  , Oriolus xanthornus

An unidentified oriole was heard on May 14, 1994, at 1,000 meters ASL

Above mean sea level

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 south of the summit of Camiguin

Camiguin

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 in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, where the genus was not previously known to occur. It might have been an undescribed taxon

Taxon

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, or simply a vagrant of a known species.

External links

• Oriole videos on the Internet Bird Collection