• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Climate Change maps
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	20 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,690,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.3 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be not uncommon (Fry and Keith 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	uncertain	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Kibira National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mbi Crater Faunal Reserve - Mbingo forest
Cameroon	Mont Bana
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Mount Oku
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Njinsing - Tabenken
Cameroon	Tchabal-Mbabo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Cherangani Hills
Kenya	Mau forest complex
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Malawi	Misuku Hills Forest Reserves
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Malawi	Uzumara Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Obudu Plateau
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mahali Mountain National Park
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Nguu Mountains
Tanzania	Rubeho Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ukaguru Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Umalila Mountains
Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1700 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1000 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/oriole-finch-linurgus-olivaceus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.