Common Iora

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Aegithinidae (Ioras)

Common Iora

Aegithina tiphia

黑翅雀鹎 (hēi-chì què-bēi)

    Malay : Kunyit-Kecil Biasa

    Japanese : ヒメコノハドリ (hime konoha-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 姫木の葉鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 14,900,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 12·5–13·5 cm; male 13–17 g, female 12–15 g (humei)

    Subspecies (11) and Distribution

• Aegithina tiphia septentrionalis (Koelz, 1939, Bhadwar, Kangra Dist., northern Punjab)
  – foot of NW Himalayas in N India (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh).
• Aegithina tiphia tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758, Bengal)
  – foot of Himalayas from N India (E from Punjab) E to Bangladesh, and adjacent W Myanmar.
• Aegithina tiphia humei (Stuart Baker, 1922, Raipur, south central India)
  – C Indian Subcontinent (E from Rajasthan).
• Aegithina tiphia multicolor (J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Ceylon)
  – extreme S India and Sri Lanka.
• Aegithina tiphia. philipi (Oustalet, 1886, Hue, Annam)
  – SC China (Yunnan), E Myanmar, N and C Thailand and N and C Indochina.
• Aegithina tiphia deignani (B. P. Hall, 1957, Yawdin, Pakokku Dist., Central Burma)
  – Myanmar (except W, E and S).
• Aegithina tiphia horizoptera (Oberholser, 1912, Telok Bluku, Nias Island, western Sumatra)
  – S Myanmar and C Thailand S to Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra and satellites (Nias I, Riau and Lingga Archipelagos, Bangka).
• Aegithina tiphia cambodiana (B. P. Hall, 1957, Siem-Reap, Cambodia)
  – SE Thailand and S Indochina.
• Aegithina tiphia aequanimis (Bangs, 1922, Puerto Princessa, Palawan)
  – W Philippines (Palawan) and N Borneo (Sabah), and satellite islands.
• Aegithina tiphia viridis (Bonaparte, 1850, Borneo)
  – Borneo (except N).
• Aegithina tiphia scapularis (Horsfield, 1821,  Java)
  – Java and Bali.

Distribution Map

Aegithina tiphia ssp. horizoptera
Date : 02 January 2021

Location : Batu 16, Sungai Sumun, Daerah Bagan Datuk, Perak

Aegithina tiphia ssp. horizoptera
Date : 30 May 2016

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Aegithina tiphia ssp. horizoptera
Date : 05 April 2016

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak