Silver Oriole Oriolus mellianus Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Bruno Walther and Peter Jones
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 28, 2018
Text last updated November 28, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | oriol argentat |
| Chinese (SIM) | 鹊色鹂 |
| Dutch | Satijnwielewaal |
| English | Silver Oriole |
| English (United States) | Silver Oriole |
| French | Loriot argenté |
| French (France) | Loriot argenté |
| German | Seidenpirol |
| Japanese | ギンイロヒゴロモ |
| Norwegian | sølvpirol |
| Polish | wilga srebrzysta |
| Russian | Серебристая иволга |
| Serbian | Srebrna vuga |
| Slovak | vlha strieborná |
| Spanish | Oropéndola Plateada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Oropéndola plateada |
| Swedish | silvergylling |
| Thai | นกขมิ้นขาว |
| Turkish | Gümüşi Sarıasma |
| Ukrainian | Вивільга сріблиста |
Oriolus mellianus Stresemann, 1922
PROTONYM:
Oriolus traillii mellianus
Stresemann, 1922. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 30, p.64.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Drachenkopf'. Kwangtung [about lat. 25° N., long. 113° E.].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ORIOLUS
- oriolus
- melli / melliana / mellianus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Silver Oriole
