Black-winged oriole

The black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is found in Africa from Sierra Leone and Liberia to southern South Sudan, western Uganda, central Democratic Republic of Congo and north-western Angola.

Black-winged oriole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species:
O. nigripennis
Binomial name
Oriolus nigripennis

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Some authorities have considered the mountain oriole to be a subspecies of the black-winged oriole.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Oriolus nigripennis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22706433A94069336. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706433A94069336.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.


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