Oriolidae | |
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Black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfamily: | Orioloidea |
Family: | Oriolidae Vigors, 1825 |
Type genus | |
Oriolus Linnaeus, 1766
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Genera | |
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The Old World orioles (Oriolidae) are an Old World family of passerine birds. The family contains 41 species which are divided in 4 genera. The family includes two extinct species from New Zealand that are placed in the genus Turnagra.