GREEN IORA

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

1147               GREEN IORA              Aegithina viridissima

MALAYSIA               43

Found in the canopy of lowland evergreen rainforest from sea-level to c. 820 m, peat swamp forest and tree plantations. 13 cm. Throughout Peninsula Malaysia.

MARSHALL'S IORA

March 2017

1100              MARSHALL'S IORA                 Aegithina nigrolutea

SRI LANKA         121

Found in open wooded areas and scrub with scattered trees. 14 cm. Uncommon breeding resident, locally in dry lowlands from east to south.

COMMON IORA

Subspecies multicolor, photographed March 2017

(*  819)                 COMMON IORA                   Aegithina tipha

SRI LANKA                  29

Found in forests, wooded areas, and scrub with scattered trees. 14 cm. Fairly common breeding resident throughout lowlands and up to mid hills.

COMMON IORA

Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(*  819)                      COMMON IORA                Aegithina tiphia

NEPAL                66

Found in open forests and well wooded areas. 14 cm. Widespread, locally common resident; mainly across south summer migrant to middle of country.

COMMON IORA

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see     819)                   COMMON IORA                  Aegithina tiphia

SINGAPORE               (50)

Found in secondary forests, forest edges, mangrove, scrub, plantations, parkland and urban areas. 13 cm. Distribution: Indian sub-continent, S China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Palawan.

COMMON IORA

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(819)                   COMMON IORA                  Aegithina tiphia

INDONESIA (Bali)          (20)        

Originates from open coastal woodlands and mangroves, but has readily taken to disturbed habitats, including cultivated areas, villages and gardens. 15 cm. range: Oriental region: widespread and common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.