The slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae found from the eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia.

Slender-billed oriole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species:
O. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Oriolus tenuirostris
Blyth, 1846

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[citation needed]

Taxonomy and systematics edit

Subspecies edit

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • O. t. invisus - Riley, 1940: Found in southern Vietnam
  • O. t. tenuirostris - Blyth, 1846: Found from the eastern Himalayas to southern China and central Vietnam

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Oriolus tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706397A130376763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706397A130376763.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.