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Aegithina tiphia · Family Aegithinidae

Aegithina tiphia

Family Aegithinidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Aegithinidae
GBIF occurrence records
466,205
Countries and territories with records
17
Common Iora
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About this species

This species has 466,205 occurrence records from 17 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (70.8%), Thailand (10%), Singapore (4.1%), Malaysia (3.9%) and Sri Lanka (3.1%); together they account for 91.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.54% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Aegithina tiphia combines the genus name Aegithina with the species epithet tiphia. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Aegithina; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Aegithina viridissima, Aegithina lafresnayei and Aegithina nigrolutea.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 4 species of the family Aegithinidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (125,023). The family Aegithinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the order Passeriformes

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