Orioles (Oriolidae)

Dusky-brown Oriole (Oriolus phaeochromus) - HBW 13, p. 716

French: Loriot d’Halmahera German: Halmaherapirol Spanish: Oropéndola de Halmahera
Other common names: Halmahera/Dusky/Ruddy/Moluccan/Gray’s Oriole

Taxonomy: Oriolus phaeochromus G. R. Gray, 1861, Halmahera Is., Indonesia.
Forms a superspecies with O. szalayi, O. forsteni, O. bouroensis, 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. Monotypic.

Distribution: Halmahera, in N Moluccas.