COMMON IORA

AEGITHINA TIPHIA

BURUNG KUNYIT KECIL

13 Cm

DESCRIPTION

Green above with black black tail and, in male, black on crown; yellow below; fading to white on under-tail coverts, which curl sideways and up over rump to make rump seem white; wings black with 2 white bars and pale fringes.

DISTRIBUTION

Resident from foothills of the W Himalaya to India Sri Lanka, S China, Penisular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and its outlying islands, Borneo, Java, bali and Philippines.

HABITS AND HABITAT

In display flight tree to tree, male sings and shows off his false white rump. Takes insect from foliage in mangroves, plantations, trees in parks and roadsides, and at the edge of lowlands evergreen fores. Often forages high in canopy, for example in tall Albizia tree, but also come down to understorey. Breeds Jan-Jun. Has a huge range of calls and song types.

Source : A Naturalist's Guide to the BIRDS OF MALAYSIA including Sabah and Sarawak

Common Iora or Aegithina tiphia or Cipoh Kacat
The Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian Subcontinent with populations showing plumage variations, some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours. During the breeding season, males display by fluffing up their feathers and spiral in the air appearing like a green, black, yellow and white ball.

IORA AT TAMAN LAYANG-LAYANG KEPONG
I sat under the three after looked around a bird as usually we call bird hunting at FRIM - near by my current location at Taman Layang2 Kepong.  I just took a rest for a while under the tree. The wind blow softly into my face,  so fresh, under  hot  and shiny sun at that day. I was watching and reviewing some of my photos during bird hunting at FRIM when  suddenly, I detected a bright little creature perch on branch and flew from tree to tree above me. This creature which was IORA  just only 2 up 3 meter distance from me. I thought she was not realize my availability near by her .  I did not have a time to wait for shoot because it was beautiful, and one thing that special to IORA is her movement so erratically fast.
I like  those IORA photos among other photo because of the sharpness of this photo, it should be because between the light facing to the bird, foreground, background, they are really match. This combination between sharpness and color tone is beyond my expectation actually. Thanks folks to give all the comments.  

IORA AT TAMAN LAYANG-LAYANG KEPONG
I sat under the three after looked around a bird as usually we call bird hunting at FRIM - near by my current location at Taman Layang2 Kepong.  I just took a rest for a while under the tree. The wind blow softly into my face,  so fresh, under  hot  and shiny sun at that day. I was watching and reviewing some of my photos during bird hunting at FRIM when  suddenly, I detected a bright little creature perch on branch and flew from tree to tree above me. This creature which was IORA  just only 2 up 3 meter distance from me. I thought she was not realize my availability near by her .  I did not have a time to wait for shoot because it was beautiful, and one thing that special to IORA is her movement so erratically fast.
I like  those IORA photos among other photo because of the sharpness of this photo, it should be because between the light facing to the bird, foreground, background, they are really match. This combination between sharpness and color tone is beyond my expectation actually. Thanks folks to give all the comments.

IORA AT TAMAN LAYANG-LAYANG KEPONG
I sat under the three after looked around a bird as usually we call bird hunting at FRIM - near by my current location at Taman Layang2 Kepong.  I just took a rest for a while under the tree. The wind blow softly into my face,  so fresh, under  hot  and shiny sun at that day. I was watching and reviewing some of my photos during bird hunting at FRIM when  suddenly, I detected a bright little creature perch on branch and flew from tree to tree above me. This creature which was IORA  just only 2 up 3 meter distance from me. I thought she was not realize my availability near by her .  I did not have a time to wait for shoot because it was beautiful, and one thing that special to IORA is her movement so erratically fast.
I like  those IORA photos among other photo because of the sharpness of this photo, it should be because between the light facing to the bird, foreground, background, they are really match. This combination between sharpness and color tone is beyond my expectation actually. Thanks folks to give all the comments.

IORA AT TAMAN LAYANG-LAYANG KEPONG
I sat under the three after looked around a bird as usually we call bird hunting at FRIM - near by my current location at Taman Layang2 Kepong.  I just took a rest for a while under the tree. The wind blow softly into my face,  so fresh, under  hot  and shiny sun at that day. I was watching and reviewing some of my photos during bird hunting at FRIM when  suddenly, I detected a bright little creature perch on branch and flew from tree to tree above me. This creature which was IORA  just only 2 up 3 meter distance from me. I thought she was not realize my availability near by her .  I did not have a time to wait for shoot because it was beautiful, and one thing that special to IORA is her movement so erratically fast.
I like  those IORA photos among other photo because of the sharpness of this photo, it should be because between the light facing to the bird, foreground, background, they are really match. This combination between sharpness and color tone is beyond my expectation actually. Thanks folks to give all the comments.

IORA AT TAMAN LAYANG-LAYANG KEPONG
I sat under the three after looked around a bird as usually we call bird hunting at FRIM - near by my current location at Taman Layang2 Kepong.  I just took a rest for a while under the tree. The wind blow softly into my face,  so fresh, under  hot  and shiny sun at that day. I was watching and reviewing some of my photos during bird hunting at FRIM when  suddenly, I detected a bright little creature perch on branch and flew from tree to tree above me. This creature which was IORA  just only 2 up 3 meter distance from me. I thought she was not realize my availability near by her .  I did not have a time to wait for shoot because it was beautiful, and one thing that special to IORA is her movement so erratically fast.
I like  those IORA photos among other photo because of the sharpness of this photo, it should be because between the light facing to the bird, foreground, background, they are really match. This combination between sharpness and color tone is beyond my expectation actually. Thanks folks to give all the comments.