Aegithina viridissima
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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.
This species was described as Jora viridissima by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. Harry C. Oberholser described subspecies Aegithina viridissima thapsina from the Anamba Islands in 1917, noting its larger size and yellower plumage.
The green iora is 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) long. The male has black lores and bright yellow "eyelids" (a broken eye-ring). The face and upperparts are dark olive. The wings are black, with two white wing-bars on the covert feathers and olive-yellow margins on the flight feathers. The underparts are also dark olive, with lighter flanks and a yellow centre belly. The tail is black. The eyes are dark to... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 12 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Iora sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 81 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 112th most-seen of the 228 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Iora in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in March–June, August–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Iora sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data
Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Iora sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Iora is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuala Lumpur (81 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
