Iora
| Ioras | |
|---|---|
| Common iora (Aegithina tiphia) | |
| Scientific 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 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.