Mountain Oriole

Oriolus percivali

Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1903

Family: Oriolidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

The mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali) is a bird species in the family Oriolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests, Uganda and Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy and systematics: The mountain oriole has been considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the black-headed oriole or the black-winged oriole. Alternate names for the mountain oriole include the black-tailed oriole, montane oriole and Percival´s oriole.

Source: Wikipedia, article Oriolus percivali. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.