Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Oriolidae > Oriolus > Oriolus monachaOriolus monacha (Ethiopian Oriole)The Ethiopian oriole, dark-headed oriole or forest oriole (Oriolus monacha) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.94017 EDGE Score: 2.19055 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 68 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | | | Clutch Size [1] | 2 |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Ethiopian montane forests |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Awi Zone |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Bahir Dar: Lake Tana |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4iii |
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Bale Mountains National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Bonga forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Central Plateau: Keren |
Eritrea |
A3 |
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Chilimo forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Denkoro forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Entoto Natural Park and escarpment |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Finchaa and Chomen swamps |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Ghinda |
Eritrea |
A3 |
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Jibat forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Menagesha State Forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Metu: Gore: Tepi forests |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Mugo highlands |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Senafe |
Eritrea |
A2, A3 |
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Simen Mountains National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tiro Boter: Becho forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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