Black-eared Oriole
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The black-eared oriole (''Oriolus bouroensis''), or Buru oriole, is a species of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family Oriolidae. It is native to
Buru Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Seram Sea to the north, west of Ambon Island, Ambon and Seram Island, Seram island ...
island. Its natural
habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...
s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...
s, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...
s. The black-eared oriole was originally described in the genus '' Philemon''. Until 2008, the
Tanimbar oriole The Tanimbar oriole (''Oriolus decipiens'') is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, ...
was classified as a subspecies of the black-eared oriole. Some authorities have not yet recognized this split.


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