Orioles (Oriolidae)
Black-eared Oriole (Oriolus bouroensis) - HBW 13, p. 716
French: Loriot de Buru
German: Burupirol
Spanish: Oropéndola de Buru
Other common names: Dark-eared/Black-faced/Buru Oriole; Tanimbar Oriole (decipiens).
Taxonomy: Philedon bouroensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Buru Island, south Moluccas.
Forms a superspecies with O. szalayi, O. phaeochromus, O. forsteni, O. melanotis and O. sagittatus, all of which, together with more distantly related O. flavocinctus, were formerly placed in the alternative genus Mimeta on basis of skull characteristics. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bouroensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Buru, in S Moluccas.
- decipiens (P. L. Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar Is, in E Lesser Sundas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched in a tree, singing twice and flying away. Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp decipiens)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 14 weeks ago 16 sec 3.8
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An individual singing in a tree.
Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 14 weeks ago 2.3 -
An individual perched in a tree.
Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 14 weeks ago 2.3
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Song by one bird. Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas
(ssp decipiens)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2011 14 weeks ago 3.5
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