Silver Oriole
Oriolus mellianus
鹊鹂
Introduction
A bird species in the family Oriolidae. It breeds in southern China and winters in mainland Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It belongs to a clade of red and black orioles that includes the black, black-and-crimson, and maroon orioles. The species is threatened by habitat loss.
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in southern China and winters in mainland Southeast Asia. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Conservation
Threatened by habitat loss.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Oriolidae
- Genus
- Oriolus
- eBird Code
- silori1
Distribution
mountains of southern China; winters to southern Thailand and Cambodia
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.