Black-winged oriole

Black-winged oriole
1. Oriolus nigripennis
2. Oriolus auratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species: O. nigripennis
Binomial name
Oriolus nigripennis
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855

The black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

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

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