Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Aegithinidae (Ioras)

• Aegithina Vieillot, 1816 Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire p.44 Fauvette leucoptère Vieillot ; Type by monotypy = Motacilla tiphia Linnaeus, 1758
  • 648. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 648a. Aegithina tiphia multicolor (Gmelin, 1789) [HB#1101]
      Original Description: Fringilla multicolor Gmelin, 1789 Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II Tomus 1 p.924
      Distribution: SW India from about SW Karnataka till the southern tip of Tamil Nadu including Rameswaram Is.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, YPM
    • 648b. Aegithina tiphia deignani Hall, 1957 [HB#1100]
      Original Description: Aegithina tiphia deignani Hall, 1957 Ibis 99 (2) p.148
      Taxonomy: The type of this subspecies is from Myanmar though phenotypically the males are very similar. It has been used as the name of this southern Indian population which is an intermediate between humei of northern plains and multicolor of southwest India (AR2001). This name continued to be used here though a fuller revision would necessitate a new name for this population; it does not make biogeographical sense to have the same name for disconnected populations in India and Myanmar.
      Distribution: Southern Peninsula from Maharashtra, Andhra, Telangana, most of Karnataka except southwest, Tamil Nadu except the extreme south.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 648c. Aegithina tiphia humei Baker, 1922 [HB#1099]
      Original Description: Aegithina tiphia humei Baker, 1922 The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. 2nd ed. ed. 2, 1 p.342 (Raipur)
      Distribution: E Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, S Uttar Pradesh, S Bihar, Jharkhand, W Bengal, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.9.1.143 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, HYD
    • 648d. Aegithina tiphia tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758) [HB#1098]
      Original Description: Motacilla tiphia Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.186 (Bengal)
      Distribution: Himachal, Uttarakhand, N Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    • 648e. Aegithina tiphia septentrionalis Koelz, 1939 [HB#1097]
      Original Description: Aegithina tiphia septentrionalis Koelz, 1939 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52 p.63 (Bhadwar, Himachal)
      Distribution: Jammu foothills, N Punjab.
      Type Specimen: UMMZ#78871 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, ROM
  
  
  • 649. White-tailed Iora Aegithina nigrolutea (Marshall, 1876) [HB#1102]
    Original Description: Iora nigrolutea Marshall, 1876 Stray Feathers 4 p.410 (Meerut)
    Taxonomy: Suspected intergradation with Common Iora (see AR2001) is not proven and they overlap in range and habitat in several parts of its range. Includes sulfurea Koelz 1954 from Sihor, Saurashtra, Gujarat. The listed syntype is from Sarahanpur, which is about 120km north of Meerut (Type locality). See Ganpule (2014, BA 22: 48) for a review and variations in plumage across its range.
    Alternative Names: Marshall's Iora
    Distribution: N Haryana, W Uttar Pradesh, Delhi region, N Madhya Pradesh, E Rajasthan, Kachchh and Saurashtra regions in Gujarat. Disjunctly in S Deccan from about Bagalkot (N Karnataka), Hampi (C Karnataka), and Rollapadu (E Andhra) through the entire SE Ghats, till about S Tamil Nadu.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.9.1.426 (Syntype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: Historical reports from Bihar, W Bengal, and Chota Nagpur plateau (Jharkhand and Odisha) mentioned in AR2001 not evaluated but likely to be correct.