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title: "Common Iora"
description: "Aegithina tiphia — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-iora
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Iora

> Aegithina tiphia — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Aegithina tiphia*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 7850
- Wikidata: [Q26537](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26537)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7938](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7938)

## Names

- en: Common Iora
- de: Schwarzflügeliora
- es: Iora Común
- fr: Iora du Bengale
- nl: Gewone iora
- pt: Iora-d'asa-escura
- pl: Paskownik zmienny

## Countries with the most observations

IN (2435), SG (937), TH (928), MY (916), ID (622), LK (318), VN (316), BD (75), CN (66), KH (49), MM (33), NP (26)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_iora

## Photo

![Common Iora](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-iora/medium.jpg)

Photo: lovelymon lamin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57801518

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-iora?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).