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The Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) belongs to the family Oriolidae under the order Passeriformes.
Indian golden oriole taxonomy
The Oriolidae is the family of piopios, figbirds, pitohuis and the Old World orioles. The family Oriolidae was first introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1825.The family Oriolidae comprises three extant genera, viz., genus Sphecotheres, genus Pitohui and genus Oriolus. The Oriolidae also contains two extinct genera, genus Turnagra and genus Longimornis.
The genus Oriolus was first described by Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae, with Coracias oriolus as type species.
The genus Oriolus comprises twenty-nine species, including Oriolus kundoo. The species Oriolus kundoo was first described by Colonel William Henry Sykes, FRS (25 January 1790 – 16 June 1872), an English naturalist, politician, Indologist and ornithologist, in the year 1832.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Oriolus kundoo |
| Species: | O. kundoo |
| Genus: | Oriolus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo 324 Photo by Nanda ramesh |
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| 2.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo Photo by Swardeepak |
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| 3.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo Photo by Swardeepak |
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| 4.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo Photo by J.M.Garg |
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| 5.Indian golden oriole juvenile - Oriolus kundoo Photo by Aadishbahulikar18 |
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| 6.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo Photo by Jennystar1994 |
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| 7.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo Photo by vijaykumar.bodakuntla |
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| 8.Indian golden oriole - Oriolus kundoo Photo by Akshay Charegaonkar |
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| 9.Oriolus kundoo Photo by J.M.Garg |
1.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Golden_Oriole_(Oriolus_kundoo)_-_Male_Basavanagudi_Bangalore_India.jpg (cropped)
Author: Nanda ramesh | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/20/18
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndianGoldenOriole_M.jpg (cropped)
Author: Swardeepak | License: CC BY 4.0 as on 4/20/18
3.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndianGoldenOriole_F.jpg (cropped)
Author: Swardeepak | License: CC BY 4.0 as on 4/20/18
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/20/18
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beauty_Is_Rare.jpg (cropped)
Author: Aadishbahulikar18 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/20/18
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Jennystar1994 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/20/18
7.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/109836656@N06/11435134216/ (cropped)
Author: vijaykumar.bodakuntla | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/20/18
8.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Akshay Charegaonkar | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/20/18
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/20/18
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