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Australasian figbird

Sphecotheres vieilloti · Family Oriolidae

Sphecotheres vieilloti

Family Oriolidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Oriolidae
GBIF occurrence records
443,400
Countries and territories with records
5
Australasian figbird
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About this species

This species has 443,400 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.7% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.4% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Sphecotheres vieilloti combines the genus name Sphecotheres with the species epithet vieilloti. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Sphecotheres; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sphecotheres viridis and Sphecotheres hypoleucus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 35 species of the family Oriolidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Oriolus oriolus. Its record count is 5.7 times the family average (78,258). The family Oriolidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Oriolidae

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