Silver oriole
Oriolus mellianus Stresemann, 1922
The silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 93 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
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Quick facts about the silver oriole
- Weight
- 93 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the silver oriole live?
Not recorded
What is the silver oriole?
The silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It breeds in southern China and winters in mainland southeast Asia in southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia. It is 28 cm long; males have a black head and wings, and a silvery-white body; females are duller, with the body mid-grey above, and heavily streaked blackish-grey on white below. Both sexes have a pinkish-grey tail and under-tail coverts, dark grey legs and bill, and a white iris.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest where it is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is the silver oriole endangered?
The silver oriole is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.
How is the silver oriole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyOriolidae
- genusOriolus
- SpeciesOriolus mellianus Stresemann, 1922
Synonyms Oriolus traillii mellianus
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Glazaour grisBreton
- oriol argentatCatalan
- žluva stříbrnáCzech
- euryn StresemannWelsh
- SølvpirolDanish
- SeidenpirolGerman
- arĝenta orioloEsperanto
- Oropéndola plateadaSpanish
- hõbepeoleoEstonian
- پریشاهرخ نقرهایPersian
- hopeakuhankeittäjäFinnish
- Loriot argentéFrench
- srebrnasta vugaCroatian
- selyemmálinkóHungarian
- Oriolo argentatoItalian
- ギンイロヒゴロモJapanese
- sidabrinė volungėLithuanian
- SatijnwielewaalDutch
- wilga srebrzystaPolish
- چاندی بسنتی پنچھیWestern Panjabi
- papa-figos-prateadoPortuguese
- Серебряная иволгаRussian
- Серебристая иволгаRussian
- vlha striebornáSlovak
- Srebrna vugaSerbian
- silvergyllingSwedish
- นกขมิ้นขาวThai
- Gümüşi SarıasmaTurkish
- вивільга сріблистаUkrainian
- Thước li (chim)Vietnamese
- 鵲鸝Chinese
- 鹊色鹂Chinese
- 鹊鹂Chinese
Relatives of the silver oriole
Other species in the same genus Oriolus.
Eurasian golden oriole
Oriolus oriolus
Black-naped oriole
Oriolus chinensis
Black-hooded oriole
Oriolus xanthornus
Indian golden oriole
Oriolus kundoo
São Tomé oriole
Oriolus crassirostris
Black-headed oriole
Oriolus larvatus
CompareSilver oriole vs Eurasian golden orioleSilver oriole vs Black-naped orioleSilver oriole vs Black-hooded orioleSilver oriole vs Indian golden oriole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the silver oriole?
An adult silver oriole weighs 93 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the silver oriole endangered?
The silver oriole is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the silver oriole?
The silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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