Common Iora
Aegithina tiphia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAegithinidae (Ioras)
- GenusAegithina (Ioras)
- SpeciesAegithina tiphia (Common Iora)
The common iora (Aegithina tiphia) is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with populations showing plumage variations, some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours. During the breeding season, males display by fluffing up their feathers and spiral in the air appearing like a green, black, yellow, and white ball. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Khangchendzonga National Park
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Rufous Sibia
Heterophasia capistrata
Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolus
Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
Verditer Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinus
Green-tailed Sunbird
Aethopyga nipalensis
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Black Bulbul
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
White-browed Fulvetta
Fulvetta vinipectus
Black-throated Tit
Aegithalos concinnus
Whiskered Yuhina
Yuhina flavicollis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Iora at Khangchendzonga National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there