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The name "oriole" was first used in the 18th century and is an adaptation of the scientific Latin genus name, which is derived from the Classical Latin "aureolus" meaning golden. Various forms of "oriole" have existed in Romance languages since the 12th and 13th centuries. [ 9 ]
This is a junior synonym of Coracias oriolus Linnaeus, 1758, the Eurasian golden oriole. [3] In 1760, French ornithologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his Ornithologie used Oriolus as a subdivision of the genus Turdus , [ 4 ] but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in 1955 that " Oriolus Brisson, 1760" should be ...
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The term troupial is from French troupiale, from troupe ("troop"), so named because they live in flocks. [4] The Latin name icterus is from Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, "jaundice"); the icterus was a bird the sight of which was believed to cure jaundice, perhaps the Eurasian golden oriole. [5]
The Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) is a species of oriole found in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. The species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Eurasian golden oriole, but is now considered a full species. Adults can be told apart from the Eurasian golden oriole by the black of the eye stripe extending behind ...
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The family Oriolidae comprises the piopios, figbirds, pitohuis and the Old World orioles. [1] The piopios were added in 2011, having been formerly placed in the family Turnagridae.