Dark-throated Oriole - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by TSWong
Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia, August 2006

Oriolus xanthonotus

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra and Java.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• O. x. xanthonotus:

• Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, south-western Borneo and Java

• O. x. consobrinus:

• Borneo and adjacent islands

• O. x. mentawi:

• Mentawi Archipelago and adjacent islands off Sumatra

• O. x. persuasus:

• South-western Philippines (Palawan and Culion)

Habitat

Lowland evergreen and swamp forest and forest edges to 1,220m.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit and insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. BirdLife International
4. Bird Ecology Study Group

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Dark-throated Oriole. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dark-throated_Oriole

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