Philippine oriole

Philippine oriole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species: O. steerii
Binomial name
Oriolus steerii
(Sharpe, 1877)
Synonyms

Oriolus acrorhynchus[2]
Broderipus acrorhynchus[2]

The Philippine oriole (Oriolus steerii) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Though the species is fairly common throughout its range, the Cebu race (O. s. assimilis) has not been sighted since 1906 and is believed extinct; with the near-total lack of forest on the island, this does not seem impossible.

Systematics

First described by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1877, the Philippine oriole is a member of the genus Oriolus. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the dark-throated oriole.[3]

Description and diet

The Philippine oriole is a yellowish-brown bird with mainly thin feathers on the upper side of its body, a red beak and red eyes as well. These species, as much like with other orioles, tend to have a diet of mainly grass flowers and food of the like.

Distribution

Endemic to the Philippines, the Philippine oriole is found in forest, forest edge and second growth in the lowlands of Masbate, Samar, Leyte, Semirara Island, Negros, Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan and the Sulu Archipelago.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Oriolus steerii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Arthur, Marquis of Tweedale (1877). "Contribution to the Ornithology of the Philippines, No. II". Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1877. London, England: Zoological Society of London. p. 760.
  3. 1 2 Sibley, Charles Gald; Monroe, Burt Leavelle (1990). Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-300-04969-5.
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