The Common Iora, Aegithina tiphia, is a resident of southeast Asia including India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. It is common throughout its range.
It eats insects and other invertebrates. The male does an interesting mating dance.
Classification:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithinidae
Genus: Aegithina
Species: A. tiphia
Photos:
Common Iora
"Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Dharwad, Karnataka And yeah, he is a lovely songster!"
Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
"Common Iora Aegithina tiphia 31st. August 2005 Johor Bahru, Malaysia"
Common Iora
"Common Iora, Aegithina tiphia is a small passerine bird. This Iora breeds across tropical South Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka into Indonesia. This common species is found in forest and other well-wooded areas. Two to four greenish white eggs are laid in a small, loose, cup-shaped nest made out of grass and built in a tree. During the breeding season, the male performs an acrobatic courtship display, darting up into the air fluffing up all his feathers, especially those on the pale green rump, then spiralling down to the original perch. Once he lands, he spreads his tail and droops his wings. The adult Common Iora is about 25cm long. The breeding male has black or greenish upperparts, and bright yellow underparts. The flight feathers are blackish with an obvious white wing bar. Non-breeding males have uniformly greenish upperparts. The females are similar to non-breeding males, but with grey-black wings. There is a good deal of racial variation in the breeding males. A. t. multicolor of Sri Lanka and southern India has a black crown and back, A. t. tiphia of the Himalayas has the upperparts entirely green, and A. t. humei of peninsular India has a black crown with its back a mixture of black and green. Care must be taken in separating from the White-tailed Iora whose range overlaps in India. The call is a mixture of churrs, chattering and whistles, and the song is a trilled wheeeee-tee. The Common Iora eats insects and spiders."
Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) with prey
"Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) with prey"
India Nature Watch - COMMON IORA - FEMALE
nayan khanolkar: COMMON IORA - FEMALE. Read more…
Bird Ecology Study Group » Common Iora feeding bee to chick
The Common Iora has been reported to take insects and other arthropods like spiders, mantids, ants, beetles, caterpillars and an occasional butterfly or moth. There is no mention about bees. This is why the adult was rubbing the bee … Read more…
Video:
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any video of this species to share here. If you know of one, please leave a comment with a link.
Commentary:
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Common Iora is always my favourite bird
There are only two yellow birds species here at my backyard;- The Black-naped Oriole and Common Iora. I like this Iora the most, because of its small and cute in size (just 15cm compare to black-naped Oriole 27cm), foraging very near my … Read more…
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