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Marshall's Iora
Photo by Jugal Tiwari

Family: Aegithinidae

[edit] Description

One genus with the four Ioras from south and south-east Asia.
Ioras are small passerines with a mostly yellow-green and black plumage.
They are sexually dimorphic.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic family in the order Passeriformes.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726

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