Olive-brown oriole

Olive-brown oriole
O. m. viridifuscus, Timor oriole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species: O. melanotis
Binomial name
Oriolus melanotis
Bonaparte, 1850

The olive-brown oriole (Oriolus melanotis) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia and East Timor. It can be found on the islands of Roti, Semau, Timor and Wetar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

The Timor subspecies is sometimes split as the Timor oriole, Oriolus viridifuscus

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