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Mountain oriole

Oriolus percivali Ogilvie-Grant, 1903

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 51.4 g to 65 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the mountain oriole

Weight
51.4 g – 65 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
2.03src for Young per litter or clutch
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 mountain oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the mountain oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Mountain oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain_oriole&oldid=1380575201), 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 mountain oriole endangered?

The mountain 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 mountain oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyOriolidae
  6. genusOriolus
  7. SpeciesOriolus percivali Ogilvie-Grant, 1903

Synonyms Oriolus larvatus percivali, Oriolus nigripennis percivali

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Black-tailed orioleEnglish
  • Black-tailed orioleEnglish
  • Montane orioleEnglish
  • Montane orioleEnglish
  • oriol capnegre de muntanyaCatalan
  • žluva horskáCzech
  • euryn mynyddWelsh
  • BjergpirolDanish
  • BergpirolGerman
  • monta orioloEsperanto
  • Montara orioloEsperanto
  • Oropéndola montanaSpanish
  • mägipeoleoEstonian
  • savannikuhankeittäjäFinnish
  • Loriot de PercivalFrench
  • planinska vugaCroatian
  • Oriolo codaneraItalian
  • ズキンコウライウグイスJapanese
  • kalninė volungėLithuanian
  • BergwielewaalDutch
  • tåkepirolNorwegian
  • wilga górskaPolish
  • papa-figos-montêsPortuguese
  • papa-figos-serranoPortuguese
  • Горная иволгаRussian
  • vlha horskáSlovak
  • Crnorepa vugaSerbian
  • berggyllingSwedish
  • นกขมิ้นแบล็กเทลThai
  • Dağ SarıasmasıTurkish
  • вивільга гірськаUkrainian
  • 山鹂Chinese
  • 黑尾黃鸝Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the mountain 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 mountain oriole?

An adult mountain oriole weighs 51.4 g – 65 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mountain oriole endangered?

The mountain 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 mountain oriole?

The mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{mountain_oriole_2026,
  title = {Mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}