Green-headed Oriole

Oriolus chlorocephalus Shelley, 1896

Oriolidae — Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios

Green-headed Oriole, Oriolus chlorocephalus, is a bird of eastern Africa in the family Oriolidae. It is also known as the montane oriole. Its range includes south-eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania, Malawi, central Mozambique and southern Mozambique. It occurs in dry lowland forest and in moist montane forest in tropical and subtropical regions. Three subspecies are recognised: amani in south-eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania, chlorocephalus in Malawi and central Mozambique, and speculifer in southern Mozambique. It feeds on fruit, seeds, nectar, insects and insect larvae.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae — Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios
Breeding range: Africa: e