Western Oriole
Oriolus brachyrynchus Swainson, 1837
Oriolidae — Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios
Western Oriole, Oriolus brachyrynchus, is a passerine bird of the family Oriolidae that breeds in western and central Africa. It is a rainforest species of the African tropical zone, recorded from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana. The adult has yellow-olive upperparts and yellow underparts, with a black head to upper breast and a small white patch on the outer wing. The tail is black with broad yellow tips, and the bill is brownish pink. It was first described by Swainson in 1837.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Oriolidae — Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios
- Breeding range
- Africa: w, c
