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Oriolus oriolus (Eurasian golden oriole, European golden oriole) 

Europese wielewaal [Afrikaans]; Nkulivere (generic term for oriole) [Kwangali]; Sebabole-hetlantšo [South Sotho]; Ndukuzani (generic term for golden oriole) [Tsonga]; Wielewaal [Dutch]; Loriot d'Europe [French]; Europäischer pirol [German]; Papa-figos-europeu [Portuguese]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Oriolidae

Oriolus oriolus (Eurasian golden oriole, European golden oriole)  

Eurasian golden oriole, India. [photo Shashank Jain ©]

 

Distribution of Eurasian golden oriole in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2.