Slender-billed oriole

The slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae found from the eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia.

Slender-billed oriole

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species:
O. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Oriolus tenuirostris
Blyth, 1846

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

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • O. t. invisus - Riley, 1940: Found in southern Vietnam
  • O. t. tenuirostris - Blyth, 1846: Found from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and central Vietnam

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Oriolus tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706397A94067658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706397A94067658.en.
  2. "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.


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