Philippine oriole

Philippine oriole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Oriolus
Species:
O. steerii
Binomial name
Oriolus steerii
Sharpe, 1877
Synonyms
  • Broderipus acrorhynchus[2]
  • Oriolus acrorhynchus[2]
  • Oriolus xanthonotus steerii
  • Xanthonotus steerii

The Philippine oriole (Oriolus steerii) or grey-throated oriole is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to the Philippine found on Mindanao and most of the Visayan Islands.

Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. The species is fairly common throughout its range, but the Cebu race (O. s. assimilis) was last sighted in 1906 and is now classified as extinct.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Oriolus steerii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706372A94066348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706372A94066348.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Proceedings was invoked but never defined (see the help page).