Green figbird


The green figbird or Timor figbird is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to forest, woodland, mangrove and scrub on the Indonesian islands of Roti and Timor. It is moderately common, and therefore considered to be of Least Concern by BirdLife International and the IUCN.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities have classified the green figbird in the genus Oriolus. It has sometimes included the two other figbirds as subspecies, in which case the combined species simply was known as "figbird", but today all major authorities consider them as separate species.

Description

It resembles the more widespread Australasian figbird, but is smaller and, except for the paler crissum, the male is entirely yellow-olive below.