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Alternative names: Ethiopian Oriole; Abyssinian Black-headed Oriole; Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole

Photo by volker sthamer
Menagesha Forest Africa, March, 2009

Oriolus monacha

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Africa: found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Oriolus monacha has two subspecies:^[1]

• O. m. monacha

• Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea

• O. m. meneliki

• Southern Ethiopia

[edit] Habitat

Montane juniper forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] 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

• List of references

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