What is Oriole?
{{Automatic Taxobox | name = Oriolidae | image = Black-naped Oriole.jpg | image_caption = [[Black-naped oriole]] | taxon = Oriolidae | authority = [[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]], 1825 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }} The '''oriole''' ( or Old World oriole) is a [[bird]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] '''Oriolidae'''. They make up the [[genus]] '''''Oriolus'''''. [[Old World]] orioles are found areas of [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[Europe]]. They are most often found in [[Tropics|tropical]] areas but one [[species]] lives in cooler areas. The [[golden oriole]] is the only species of Old World oriole which is not a tropical bird. Many species have bright coloured [[feather]]s. The orioles [[evolved]] in [[Australasia]], and later spread to [[Eurasia]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Jønsson K.A. |display-authors=etal |year=2010 |title=Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) |journal=Ecography |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=232–241 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06167.x |url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.25ba04a21296cc434f980005871/J%C3%B6nsson+et+al+Oriolidae.pdf |access-date=2014-11-25 |archive-date=2021-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019192955/https://www.nrm.se/download/18.25ba04a21296cc434f980005871/J%C3%B6nsson+et+al+Oriolidae.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> They are not related to the [[New World oriole]]. New World orioles are members of the [[blackbird]] family ''Icteridae'' and are native to [[the Americas]] . == The kinds of oriole == This is a list of kinds of orioles, in the English and Latin languages: * [[Golden oriole]], ''Oriolus oriolus'' * [[Brown oriole]], ''Oriolus szalayi'' * [[Halmahera oriole]], ''Oriolus phaeochromus'' * [[Ceram oriole]], ''Oriolus forsteni'' * [[Buru oriole]], ''Oriolus bouroensis'' * [[Timor oriole]], ''Oriolus viridifuscus'' * [[Olive-backed oriole]] or White-bellied Oriole, ''Oriolus sagittattus'' * [[Australasian yellow oriole|Yellow oriole]] or Green