Iora

Ioras
Common iora (Aegithina tiphia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Malaconotoidea
Family: Aegithinidae
G. R. Gray, 1869
Genus: Aegithina
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Motacilla tiphia[1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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The ioras are a small family, Aegithinidae, of four passerine bird species found in south and southeast Asia. The family is composed of a single genus, Aegithina. They were formerly grouped with the leafbirds and fairy-bluebirds, in the family Irenidae.

  1. ^ "Aegithinidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.