Western Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus)
About the Western Oriole
The western oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus), or western black-headed oriole, is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae that is native to Africa. The adult upperparts are yellow-olive, and the underparts are yellow in colour. It is rated as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species. The western oriole was first described in 1837 by the English ornithologist William Swainson. Alternate names for the western oriole include the black-headed oriole (not to be confused with another species of the same name, Oriolus larvatus) and greenish-backed oriole. Two subspecies are recognized: West African black-headed oriole (O. b. brachyrynchus) – Swainson, 1837: Found from Guinea-Bissau to Togo and Benin
A real field recording of the Western Oriole. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda · xeno-canto lists 40 recordings for this species in total.
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- Black-eared OrioleOriolus bouroensisprofile
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatusprofile
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornusrecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.