Orioles (Oriolidae)

Isabela Oriole (Oriolus isabellae) - HBW 13, p. 721

French: Loriot d’Isabela German: Isabellpirol Spanish: Oropéndola de Isabel
Other common names: Isabella/Green-lored/Olive-lored Oriole

Taxonomy: Oriolus isabellae Ogilvie-Grant, 1894, “Mountains of northern Luzon” = Isabela Province, north Luzon, Philippines.
Possibly forms a superspecies with O. xanthonotus and O. steerii, and all three were formerly placed in the alternative genus Xanthonotus. Sometimes considered closest to race albiloris of O. steerii. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountains of N & W Luzon, in provinces of Bataan (probably extinct), Cagayan, Quirino and Isabela, in N Philippines.