Green Iora
Aegithina viridissima (Bonaparte, 1850)
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.
Green Iora Aegithina viridissima March 4, 2007 Panti Forest, Johor, Malaysia Status: Near threatened www.birdlife.org/ Distribution: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=map&lang=EN&id=C3CA4E6B6B020E4A&ts=1182787761390 125Y5002
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Open encyclopedia reference
The green iora (Aegithina viridissima) is a species of bird in the family Aegithinidae. It is found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Its habitats include lowland forests, secondary forest and mangrove forest. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as near-threatened.
Wikipedia contributors, Green 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 viridissima (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Name authority
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Common name
- Green 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 viridissima (Bonaparte, 1850)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Great IoraAegithina lafresnayei (Hartlaub, 1844) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common IoraAegithina tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758) | 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=558450 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:6592P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.