Green-headed oriole
| Green-headed oriole | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | Oriolus |
| Species: | O. chlorocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oriolus chlorocephalus (Shelley, 1896) | |
O. c. subsp. speculifer is endemic to Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique
O. c. subsp. amani specimen at Nairobi National Museum
The green-headed oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and southern Kenya.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, dry lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Diet
They feed on fruit, seeds, nectar and insects or insect larvae.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Oriolus chlorocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Walther, B.; Jones, P. (2016). "Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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