Taxonomic classification <> Photos
The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) belongs to the family Oriolidae under the order Passeriformes.
Eurasian golden oriole taxonomy
The family Oriolidae was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1825. The family Oriolidae comprises two extinct genera and three extant genera, viz., Sphecotheres, Pitohui and Oriolus.The genus Oriolus was first introduced by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is Oriolus oriolus (Coracias oriolus).
The genus Oriolus comprises twenty nine species, including Oriolus oriolus. The species Oriolus oriolus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the year 1758.
The species Oriolus kundoo was earlier considered as a subspecies of O. oriolus. Pamela Rasmussen and John Anderton treated them as separate species in 2005 and it was further supported by molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Oriolus oriolus |
| Species: | O. oriolus |
| Genus: | Oriolus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus 333 Photo by XimoGalarza |
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| 2.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Michel Idre |
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| 3.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Paco Gómez |
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| 4.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Crusier |
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| 5.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus nest Photo by Ivan Medenica |
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| 6.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Paco Gómez |
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| 7.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Kookaburra 81 |
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| 8.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Kaeptn chemnitz |
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| 9.Eurasian golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus Photo by Pawel Ryszawa |
1.Eurasian golden oriole photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriol.jpg (cropped)
Author: XimoGalarza | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/27/18
2.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/montagne_pyrnes/14468217780/ (cropped)
Author: Michel Idre | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 3/27/18
3.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/saganta/5915339746/ (cropped)
Author: Paco Gómez | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/27/18
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriolus_oriolus_Warsaw_zoo.jpg (cropped)
Author: Crusier | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 3/27/18
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriolus_oriolus_2.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ivan Medenica | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 3/27/18
6.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/saganta/5915338874/ (cropped)
Author: Paco Gómez | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/27/18
7.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriolus_oriolus_-_Tarn.jpg (cropped)
Author: Kookaburra 81 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 3/27/18
8.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pirol_m.jpg (cropped)
Author: Kaeptn chemnitz | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 3/27/18
9.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriolus_oriolus_Warsaw.jpg (cropped)
Photo author: Pawel Ryszawa | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 3/27/18
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