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 Eravikulam National Park
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
Indian White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosus
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
Jungle Myna
Acridotheres fuscus
Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
Dicaeum concolor
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Nilgiri Flycatcher
Eumyias albicaudatus
Square-tailed Bulbul
Hypsipetes ganeesa
Crimson-backed Sunbird
Leptocoma minima
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus horsfieldii
Palani Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron fairbanki
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Iora at Eravikulam 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