Great Iora
Aegithina lafresnayei (Hartlaub, 1844)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Great Iora, Cat Tien National Park
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Open encyclopedia reference
The great iora (Aegithina lafresnayei) is a species of bird in the family Aegithinidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Wikipedia contributors, Great iora; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:57:58.604811+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Aegithina lafresnayei (Hartlaub, 1844)
- Name authority
- (Hartlaub, 1844)
- Common name
- Great Iora
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Aegithinidae
- Genus
- Aegithina
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyAegithinidae G. R. Gray, 1869
- genusAegithina Vieillot, 1816
- speciesAegithina lafresnayei (Hartlaub, 1844)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Aegithina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Common IoraAegithina tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green IoraAegithina viridissima (Bonaparte, 1850) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marshall's IoraAegithina nigrolutea (G. F. L. Marshall, 1876) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558447 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:64WQP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.