Orioles (Oriolidae)
Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrhynchus) - HBW 13, p. 727
French: Loriot à tête noire
German: Blauflügelpirol
Spanish: Oropéndola Cabecinegra
Other common names: Greenish-backed/West African Black-headed Oriole
Taxonomy: Oriolus brachyrhynchus Swainson, 1837, Sierra Leone.
Closely related to and perhaps forming a superspecies with O. monacha; the two belong to the “African black-headed group”, which also includes O. chlorocephalus, O. crassirostris, O. percivali, O. larvatus and O. nigri1pennis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brachyrhynchus Swainson, 1837 - rainforests in E Guinea-Bissau, SW Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and SW Benin.
- laetior Sharpe, 1897 - rainforests in S Nigeria and Cameroon E to Central African Republic, extreme SW Sudan, W, C & S Uganda (and patchily in E), extreme W Kenya and extreme NW Tanzania, S to Gabon, N Angola and SW, SC & E DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in a tree and flying away Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp laetior)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
calling adult bird Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp laetior)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 September 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.3 -
three views of a male in the canopy Locality Yaoundé, Centre Province, Cameroon (ssp laetior)
Martin Kennewell 20 March 2009 3 years ago 18 sec 3.3 -
perching on a brranch high in a tree Locality Mabira Forest, Uganda (ssp laetior)
Daniêl Jimenez 11 September 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 2.5
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a juvenile waiting to be fed
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Nik Borrow 15 February 2013 9 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird perched in the canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Arthur Grosset 1 year ago 3 -
A bird in the canopy
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 3
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