{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = OriolusViridifuscusKeulemans.jpg | image_caption = ''O. melanotis'', Timor oriole | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Oriolus melanotis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T103691625A94064752 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103691625A94064752.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Oriolus | species = melanotis | authority = (Bonaparte, 1850) | synonyms = * ''Mimeta melanotis'' * ''Oriolus viridifuscus'' }}
The '''Timor oriole''' ('''''Oriolus melanotis''''') is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it is found on Timor, Rote and Semau. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The Wetar oriole (''O. finschi''), found on Wetar and Atauro Islands, was originally described as a separate species but was later reclassified as a subspecies. However, more recent revisions to the IOC World Bird List have found it to be a distinct species. The two species were formerly grouped together as '''olive-brown oriole'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Species Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/|access-date=2021-06-04|language=en-US}}</ref>
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