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Common Iora
Latin Name:
Aegithina tiphia
Category:
Size:
16cm
Description:
Male: greenish above (rich black above, with yellowish rump, in summer breeding plumage); black wings and tail; two white wing-bars; bright yellow underbody. Female: yellow-green plumage; white wingbars; greenish-brown wings. Pairs keep to leafy branches, often with other small birds; moves energetically amidst branches in hunt for insects, caterpillars; rich call notes often a giveaway of its presence in an area.
Habitat:
light forests, edges of forest, cultivation, gardens in and around habitation.
Food:
insects; also flower nectar
Distribution:
most of the country, south of Himalayan foothills; most common in low country.
Call:
Call Description:
whistling wheet…wheet… and an interrogative, quick-repeated whi…whi…whi…whee thereafter; other trilling, pleasant notes when breeding
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National Status:
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