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Black-winged oriole

Oriolus nigripennis J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855

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The black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 50.2 g to 57.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-winged oriole

Weight
50.2 g – 57.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-winged oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the black-winged oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae.

It is found in Africa from Sierra Leone and Liberia to southern South Sudan, western Uganda, central Democratic Republic of Congo and north-western Angola.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Some authorities have considered the mountain oriole to be a subspecies of the black-winged oriole.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-winged oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-winged_oriole&oldid=1380740026), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-winged oriole endangered?

The black-winged oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-winged oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyOriolidae
  6. genusOriolus
  7. SpeciesOriolus nigripennis J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855

Synonyms Oriolus nigripennis nigripennis

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • oriol capnegre de VerreauxCatalan
  • žluva černokřídláCzech
  • euryn adeindduWelsh
  • Vestafrikansk HættepirolDanish
  • SchwarzschwingenpirolGerman
  • SchwarzflügelpirolGerman
  • nigraflugila orioloEsperanto
  • Oropéndola alinegraSpanish
  • musttiib-peoleoEstonian
  • guineankuhankeittäjäFinnish
  • Loriot à ailes noiresFrench
  • crnorepa vugaCroatian
  • Oriolo alinereItalian
  • ハグロコウライウグイスJapanese
  • juodasparnė volungėLithuanian
  • ZwartvleugelwielewaalDutch
  • svartvingepirolNorwegian
  • wilga czarnoskrzydłaPolish
  • papa-figos-d'asa-pretaPortuguese
  • papa-figos-de-asa-pretaPortuguese
  • Чернокрылая иволгаRussian
  • vlha čiernokrídlaSlovak
  • Crnokrila vugaSerbian
  • svartvingad gyllingSwedish
  • นกขมิ้นแบล็กวิงThai
  • Kara Kanatlı SarıasmaTurkish
  • вивільга чорнокрилаUkrainian
  • 黑翅黃鸝Chinese
  • 黑翅黄鹂Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-winged oriole

Other species in the same genus Oriolus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-winged oriole?

An adult black-winged oriole weighs 50.2 g – 57.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-winged oriole endangered?

The black-winged oriole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-winged oriole?

The black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-winged-oriole

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{black_winged_oriole_2026,
  title = {Black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-winged-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}