Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Olive-backed Oriole
The Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Oriolidae (Old World Orioles) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Oriolus sagittatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olive-backed Oriole
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Oriolus sagittatus magnirostris
- Oriolus sagittatus affinis
- Oriolus sagittatus grisescens
- Oriolus sagittatus sagittatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias sagittata
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Nova Wallia Australi [= Sydney, fide Mathews].
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxvi
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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