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Slender-billed oriole

Oriolus tenuirostris Blyth, 1846

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 81.4 g to 92.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the slender-billed oriole

Weight
81.4 g – 92.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
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 slender-billed oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the slender-billed oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae found from the eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia.

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

From the Wikipedia article “Slender-billed oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slender-billed_oriole&oldid=1343619694), 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 slender-billed oriole endangered?

The slender-billed 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 slender-billed oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyOriolidae
  6. genusOriolus
  7. SpeciesOriolus tenuirostris Blyth, 1846

Synonyms Oriolus chinensis tenuirostris

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • oriol becfíCatalan
  • žluva tenkozobáCzech
  • Smalnæbbet PirolDanish
  • DünnschnabelpirolGerman
  • Fajnbeka orioloEsperanto
  • stretbeka orioloEsperanto
  • Oropéndola picofinaSpanish
  • salenokk-peoleoEstonian
  • burmankuhankeittäjäFinnish
  • Loriot à bec effiléFrench
  • žutokapa vugaCroatian
  • Oriolo beccosottileItalian
  • ミナミコウライウグイスJapanese
  • コウライウグイスJapanese
  • laibasnapė volungėLithuanian
  • tievknābja vālodzeLatvian
  • DunbekwielewaalDutch
  • DunsnavelwielewaalDutch
  • smalnebbpirolNorwegian
  • wilga cienkodziobaPolish
  • papa-figos-mascaradoPortuguese
  • papa-figos-de-bico-finoPortuguese
  • Тонкоклювая иволгаRussian
  • vlha tenkozobáSlovak
  • Tankokljuna vugaSerbian
  • smalnäbbad gyllingSwedish
  • นกขมิ้นปากเรียวThai
  • İnce Gagalı SarıasmaTurkish
  • вивільга тонкодзьобаUkrainian
  • 細嘴黃鸝Chinese
  • 细嘴黄鹂Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the slender-billed 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 slender-billed oriole?

An adult slender-billed oriole weighs 81.4 g – 92.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the slender-billed oriole endangered?

The slender-billed 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 slender-billed oriole?

The slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-billed-oriole

MLA

“Slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-billed-oriole.

BibTeX
@misc{slender_billed_oriole_2026,
  title = {Slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-billed-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}