{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = OriolusChlorocephalusKeulemans.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Oriolus chlorocephalus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22706400A94067911 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706400A94067911.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Oriolus | species = chlorocephalus | authority = Shelley, 1896 | synonyms = }}
The '''green-headed oriole''' ('''''Oriolus chlorocephalus'''''), or '''montane oriole''', is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is found in eastern Africa.
==Taxonomy and systematics== ===Subspecies=== Three subspecies are recognized:<ref>{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 7.1|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''O. c. amani'' - <small>Benson, 1946</small>: Found in south-eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania * ''O. c. chlorocephalus'' - <small>Shelley, 1896</small>: Found in Malawi and central Mozambique * ''O. c. speculifer'' - <small>Clancey, 1969</small>: Found in southern Mozambique
==Distribution and habitat== Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, dry lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
==Behaviour and ecology== They feed on fruit, seeds, nectar and insects or insect larvae.<ref name="hbw">{{cite web |last1=Walther |first1=B. |last2=Jones |first2=P. |title=Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus) |url=https://www.hbw.com/node/60454|website=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive|publisher=Lynx Edicions, Barcelona | date = 2016 |access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> Oriolus chlorocephalus subsp speculifer, Gorongosa, Birding Weto, a.jpg|''O. c. speculifer'' is endemic to Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique Green-headed Oriole specimen RWD.jpg|''O. c. amani'' specimen at Nairobi National Museum </gallery>
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==External links== *{{Commonscat-inline|Oriolus chlorocephalus|''Oriolus chlorocephalus''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Oriolus chlorocephalus|''Oriolus chlorocephalus''}}
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