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Isabela oriole

Oriolus isabellae Ogilvie-Grant, 1894

CRCritically Endangeredsongbirds

The isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 46 g to 46.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae)
Photo: Adri Constantino · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the isabela oriole

Weight
46.1 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
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the isabela oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the isabela oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae) is a species of the oriole family endemic to Luzon in the Philippines. It is an oriole identified by its yellowish green plumage and a very large gray bill. This species was presumed to be extinct for many years until its rediscovery in December 1993 near Diffun, Quirino, and in Mansarong in September 1994. Additional sightings were made in San Mariano, Isabela. and Baggao, Cagayan Valley It It is found in moist lowland forest up to 440 masl. It is critically endangered with estimates of just 50 to 250 mature individuals remaining. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

From the Wikipedia article “Isabela oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isabela_oriole&oldid=1377167834), 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 isabela oriole endangered?

The isabela oriole is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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How is the isabela oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyOriolidae
  6. genusOriolus
  7. SpeciesOriolus isabellae Ogilvie-Grant, 1894
Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Isabella orioleEnglish
  • Isabella orioleEnglish
  • Glazaour IsabelaBreton
  • oriol d'IsabelaCatalan
  • žluva bambusováCzech
  • euryn IsabellaWelsh
  • IsabellapirolDanish
  • IsabellpirolGerman
  • Isabell-PirolGerman
  • izabela orioloEsperanto
  • Oropéndola de IsabelSpanish
  • Oropéndola de IsabelaSpanish
  • bambusepeoleoEstonian
  • پریشاهرخ ایزابلاPersian
  • luzoninkuhankeittäjäFinnish
  • Loriot d'IsabelaFrench
  • Loriot d’IsabelaFrench
  • žuta vugaCroatian
  • Izabella-málinkóHungarian
  • Oriolo di IsabelaItalian
  • ヒメコウライウグイスJapanese
  • Izabelės volungėLithuanian
  • IsabelawielewaalDutch
  • Isabella's wielewaalDutch
  • bambuspirolNorwegian
  • wilga żółtawaPolish
  • ازابیلا بسنتی پنچھیWestern Panjabi
  • papa-figos-de-isabelaPortuguese
  • Иволга ИзабеллыRussian
  • Лусонская иволгаRussian
  • vlha bambusováSlovak
  • isabelagyllingSwedish
  • นกขมิ้นอิซาเบลลาThai
  • Isabela SarıasmasıTurkish
  • вивільга батанськаUkrainian
  • 淡色鹂Chinese
  • 淡色黃鸝Chinese

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Relatives of the isabela 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 isabela oriole?

An adult isabela oriole weighs 46.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the isabela oriole endangered?

The isabela oriole is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the isabela oriole?

The isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/isabela-oriole

MLA

“Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/isabela-oriole.

BibTeX
@misc{isabela_oriole_2026,
  title = {Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/isabela-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}