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African Golden Oriole
Oriolus auratus Vieillot, LJP 1817
The African golden oriole, or African oriole, is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara desert. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Oriolidae
Genus:
Oriolus
Scientific:
Oriolus auratus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Oriolidae
Genus:
Oriolus
Scientific:
Oriolus auratus
Original description
Citation:
Vieillot, LJP 1817
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
18 p.194
Protonym:
Oriolus auratus
Type locality:
'Africa', restricted to Gold Coast by Meinertzhagen (Ibis, 1923, p. 61).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60150#page/208/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
D4866EAED4F9772D
Avibase ID:
avibase-D4866EAE
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D4866EAE
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561691
Geographic range:
- Oriolus auratus: disjunctly in lowland to montane mesic wooded savanna, miombo and mopane woodland, brushy rocky hills, and gallery forest, from Senegambia eastward to southern Sudan, and from Angola to southwestern Tanzania, southward to northern Botswana and central Mozambique; intra-African migrant to more arid habitats farther north, east, and south of breeding range
- Oriolus auratus auratus: Senegambia to Sudan, Uganda, southern Ethiopia, and southern Somalia
- Oriolus auratus notatus: Angola to Tanzania, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa
Source: Clements checklist
African Golden-Oriole
Afrikaans:
Afrikaanse Wielewaal
Azerbaijani:
Afrika sarıköynəyi
Bulgarian:
Африканска авлига
Catalan:
oriol africà
Czech:
žluva zlatá
Danish:
Sortmasket Pirol
German:
Goldpirol
Esperanto:
ora oriolo
Spanish:
Oropéndola Africana
Spanish (Spain):
Oropéndola Africana
Estonian:
kuldpeoleo
Finnish:
afrikankuhankeittäjä
French:
Loriot doré
Croatian:
afrička vuga
Hungarian:
Miombó-málinkó
Icelandic:
Blaðglói
Italian:
Oriolo africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikakouraiuguisu
Japanese:
アフリカコウライウグイス
Lithuanian:
Afrikinė volungė
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Wielewaal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gullpirol
Norwegian:
Gullpirol
Polish:
wilga złota
Portuguese:
Papa-figos-africano
Portuguese (Portugal):
papa-figos-africano
Russian:
Золотистая иволга
Slovak:
vlha zlatá
Serbian:
Afrička vuga
Swedish:
afrikansk sommargylling
Turkish:
Afrika sarıasması
Ukrainian:
Вивільга золота
Chinese:
非洲黄鹂
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲黃鸝
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Loriot doré ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Loriot doré ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: African Golden Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Oriolus auratus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Oriolus auratus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Oriolus auratus [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: African Golden-Oriole ( Oriolus auratus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Oriolus auratus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Oriolus auratus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Wielewaal
Azerbaijani: Afrika sarıköynəyi
Bulgarian: Африканска авлига
Catalan: oriol africà
Czech: Žluva zlatá
Danish: Sortmasket Pirol
German: Goldpirol, Schwarzohrpirol
English: African Golden Oriole, African goldenoriole, African Golden-Oriole, African Oriole
English (Avilist): African Golden Oriole
English, HBW: African Golden Oriole
English (IOC): African Golden Oriole
English (Kenya): African Golden Oriole
English (United States): African Golden Oriole
Esperanto: Afrika ororiolo, ora oriolo
Spanish: Oropéndola Africana, Oropéndola Dorada Africana
Spanish (Spain): Oropéndola Africana
Spanish (HBW): African Golden Oriole
Estonian: kuldpeoleo
Finnish: Afrikankuhankeittäjä
French: Loriot à oreilles noires, Loriot doré
French (Guyane): Loriot doré
Croatian: afrička vuga
Hungarian: Miombó-málinkó
Icelandic: Blaðglói
Italian: Oriolo africano, Rigogolo giallo africano
Japanese (romaji): afurikakouraiuguisu, afurikooraiuguisu
Japanese: アフリカコウライウグイス, アフリコオライウグイス
Kazakh: Африка сары мысықторғайы
Kwangali: Nkulivere
Kirghiz: Африка сары барпысы
Scientific: Oriolus auratus, Oriolus auratus auratus, Oriolus striatus
Lithuanian: Afrikinė volungė
Dutch: Afrikaanse Wielewaal
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gullpirol
Norwegian: Gullpirol
Polish: wilga zlota, wilga złota
Portuguese: Papa-figos-africano
Portuguese (Angola): Papa-figos-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): papa-figos-africano, Papa-figos-dourado
Russian: Африканская жёлтая иволга, Золотистая иволга
Slovak: vlha zlatá
Serbian: Afrička vuga
Swedish: Afrikansk gylling, afrikansk sommargylling
Swahili: Kubwilu Manjano, Mramba Mweupe
Turkish: Afrika sarıasması
Tsonga: Ndukuzani
Ukrainian: Вивільга золота
Xhosa: Isicubujeje
Chinese: 非洲黄鹂
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲黃鸝
Zulu: impofana yaseAfrika
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