Wednesday, February 25, 2009

IORA



Scientic Name : Aegithina tiphia

Local Names : Arishina gubbi , Madura kanta.

Habitat : Open forest , cultaviation and scrub jungle.

Size : Sparrow +/_ 14cm

Feeding : Insects , their eggs , and larvae .

Breeding : 2 or 4 eggs .


Nesting : May - September
Nest – a compact cup of grasses , neatly and copiously plastered with cobwebs in
A fork of twig.

Feathers : Black and yellow tit like bird with two white wing bars male has black tail.

Egg Colour : Pale pinky white , blotched with purplish brown.

Call : Sweet long drawn musical whistles and short chirrups.




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