| Orioles | |
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| Black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | Oriolus Linnaeus, 1766 |
| Type species | |
| Oriolus galbula[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the type genus of the corvoidean family Oriolidae. They are not closely related to the New World orioles, which are icterids (family Icteridae) that belong to the superfamily Passeroidea.
- ^ "Oriolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.