Mountain Oriole (Oriolus percivali)
About the Mountain Oriole
The mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali) is a bird species in the family Oriolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests, Uganda and Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The mountain oriole has been considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the black-headed oriole or the black-winged oriole. Alternate names for the mountain oriole include the black-tailed oriole, montane oriole and Percival's oriole, the last name after Arthur Blayney Percival.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 33 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Kenya, Uganda in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornusrecording
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusrecording
- Green-headed OrioleOriolus chlorocephalusrecording
- Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoorecording
- Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatusrecording
- Timor OrioleOriolus melanotisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.