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Order PASSERIFORMES
Ioras, Leafbirds and Bluebirds
This family is widespread in the Oriental Region amd well represented in Borneo; it comprises three groups, the general color being black and blue in Irena, black and yellow-green or olive-green in Segithins, and bright grass-green in Chloropsis. They are forest birds, though some of the ioras also frequent cultivated country and gardens, and feed mainly on fruit. (Smythies, The Birds of Borneo, 1999)
Photographed Species (* denotes Bornean Endemic)
Scientific Name
Common Name
Link (Aegithina tiphia aequanimis) Common Iora Image (Aegithina viridissima viridissima ) Green Iora Image (Chloropsis cyanopogon) Lesser Green Leafbird Male Female *(Chloropsis kinabaluensis) *Bornean Leafbird Image (Chloropsis moluccensis) Blue-winged Leafbird Male (Chloropsis sonnerati) Greater Green Leafbird Female (Irena puella criniger) Asian Fairy Bluebird Male Female
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