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{{Short description|Species of small passerine bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Common iora | image = Common Iora.jpg | image_caption = Common iora<br/> [[File:Common Iora.ogg|thumb|Call of Common Iora]] | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Aegithina tiphia'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22707433A94123624 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707433A94123624.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Aegithina | species = tiphia | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | synonyms = ''Motacilla tiphia'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} }} [[File:Common Iora (ফΰ¦ΰ¦Ώΰ¦ΰ¦ΰ¦²).jpg|thumb|''A. t. multicolor'': female in [[Satchari National Park]], Bangladesh]] 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.
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