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Timor oriole

Oriolus melanotis (Bonaparte, 1850)

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The timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis) is a species in the family Oriolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 95.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the timor oriole

Weight
95.2 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
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the timor oriole live?

Not recorded

What is the timor oriole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is found on Timor, Rote and Semau. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Timor oriole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timor_oriole&oldid=1379514232), 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 timor oriole endangered?

The timor 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 timor oriole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyOriolidae
  6. genusOriolus
  7. SpeciesOriolus melanotis (Bonaparte, 1850)

Synonyms Mimeta melanotis, Mimeta viridifusca, Oriolus viridifuscus, Oriolus viridifuscus viridifuscus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Olive-brown orioleEnglish
  • Olive-brown orioleEnglish
  • Olive-brown orioleEnglish
  • oriol de BonaparteCatalan
  • žluva šedohrdláCzech
  • euryn melynwyrddWelsh
  • TimorpirolDanish
  • SundapirolGerman
  • Sunda-PirolGerman
  • timora orioloEsperanto
  • Oropéndola de TimorSpanish
  • Oropéndola OliváceaSpanish
  • timori peoleoEstonian
  • timorinkuhankeittäjäFinnish
  • Loriot de TimorFrench
  • smeđokrila vugaCroatian
  • Kepudang timorIndonesian
  • Oriolo brunolivaItalian
  • Rigogolo di TimorItalian
  • Rigogolo orecchie nereItalian
  • チモールコウライウグイスJapanese
  • timorinė volungėLithuanian
  • TimorwielewaalDutch
  • Olijfbruine WielewaalDutch
  • wilga oliwkowogłowaPolish
  • papa-figos-de-timorPortuguese
  • papa-figos-de-faces-escurasPortuguese
  • Тиморская иволгаRussian
  • Черноухая иволгаRussian
  • vlha sundskáSlovak
  • Timorska vugaSerbian
  • timorgyllingSwedish
  • นกขมิ้นติมอร์Thai
  • Timor SarıasmasıTurkish
  • вивільга оливковоголоваUkrainian
  • 绿褐鹂Chinese
  • 帝汶黃鸝Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the timor 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 timor oriole?

An adult timor oriole weighs 95.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the timor oriole endangered?

The timor 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 timor oriole?

The timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis) belongs to the family Oriolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/timor-oriole

MLA

“Timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/timor-oriole.

BibTeX
@misc{timor_oriole_2026,
  title = {Timor oriole (Oriolus melanotis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/timor-oriole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}