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[[Image:African_Black-headed_Oriole.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|safariranger|safariranger}}<br />Location: [[Kruger National Park]], [[South Africa]]]] | [[Image:African_Black-headed_Oriole.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|safariranger|safariranger}}<br />Location: [[Kruger National Park]], [[South Africa]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Oriolus|Oriolus]] larvatus | ;[[:Category:Oriolus|Oriolus]] larvatus | ||
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Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] from [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] in the north to [[South Africa]]. | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] from [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] in the north to [[South Africa]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ''Oriolus larvatus'' has six subspecies:<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> | ||
| + | *''O. l. angolensis'' | ||
| + | *''O. l. additus'' | ||
| + | *''O. l. tibicen'' | ||
| + | *''O. l. reichenowi'' | ||
| + | *''O. l. rolleti'' | ||
| + | *''O. l. larvatus'' | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Inhabits ''Acacia'' woodland and other types of open woodland as well as being seen in mangroves and forest. | Inhabits ''Acacia'' woodland and other types of open woodland as well as being seen in mangroves and forest. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
The diet includes small fruit as well as large insects. The young are fed mostly with caterpillars. | The diet includes small fruit as well as large insects. The young are fed mostly with caterpillars. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | # Clements JF. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Oriolus+larvatus}} | {{GSearch|Oriolus+larvatus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Oriolus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Oriolus]] | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 8 November 2008
- Oriolus larvatus
Identification
Bright yellow body, black head, olive central tail feathers, yellowish edge of its inner secondaries, flesh-coloured beak.
Similar Species
Similar species include the Western Black-headed Oriole or the Montane Oriole. Where it is conspecific with other black-headed Orioles it tends to be restricted to the forest edge.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia in the north to South Africa.
Taxonomy
Oriolus larvatus has six subspecies:1
- O. l. angolensis
- O. l. additus
- O. l. tibicen
- O. l. reichenowi
- O. l. rolleti
- O. l. larvatus
Habitat
Inhabits Acacia woodland and other types of open woodland as well as being seen in mangroves and forest.
Behaviour
The diet includes small fruit as well as large insects. The young are fed mostly with caterpillars.
References
- Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
