- Aegithina viridissima
Identification
11.5-12.8cm.
- Mostly dark olive-green plumage
- Clear yellow on central belly to undertail-coverts
- Black wings with two white wing-bars
- Bright yellow eye-ring around dark eye
- Black tail and uppertail-coverts
Females are duller with uniform medium olive-green upperparts and a green tail. Juveniles are similar to females.
Distribution
Found from extreme southern Burma south to peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo.
Common in suitable habitat but habitat loss greatly accelerated during last decades.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies recognized:
- A. v. viridissima in most of its range
- A. v. thapsina on Anambas Islands (Indonesia)
Habitat
Lowland evergreen forest, locally also in tall secondary forest.
Occurs in the lowlands up to 800m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on invertebrates.
Forages in pairs or small groups in the canopy, often in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
Breeding poorly known. Lays probably 2 eggs.
Movements
A resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Green Iora. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Iora
External Links
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