Orioles (Oriolidae)

Grey-collared Oriole (Oriolus forsteni) - HBW 13, p. 716

French: Loriot de Céram German: Forstenpirol Spanish: Oropéndola de Seram
Other common names: Seram/Ceram/Forsten’s/Grey-necked Oriole

Taxonomy: Mimeta forsteni Bonaparte, 1850, Seram, south Moluccas.
Forms a superspecies with O. szalayi, O. phaeochromus, 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: Seram, in S Moluccas.