Oriole Finch

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Oriole Finch
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Linurgus Reichenbach, 1850 Species: L. olivaceus
Binomial name
Linurgus olivaceus (Fraser, 1842)

The Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus) is a bird from the Fringillidae family. Found in Africa, native to Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It has a black head and yellow body. Natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Linurgus olivaceus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

• Arnaiz-Villena, A., Moscoso, J., Ruiz-del-Valle, V., Gonzalez, J., Reguera, R., Wink, M., I. Serrano-Vela, J. 2007. Bayesian phylogeny of Fringillinae birds: status of the singular African oriole finch Linurgus olivaceus and evolution and heterogeneity of the genus Carpodacus. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 53 (5):826 - 834. PDF fulltext