See text The ioras are a small family, Aegithinidae, of four passerine bird species found in south and southeast Asia.

The genus Aegithina was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot to accommodate the common iora.

[2][3] The genus name is from Ancient Greek aigithos or aiginthos, a mythical bird mentioned by Aristotle and other classical authors.

They are generally highly arboreal and usually occur in the tree canopy, with only very rare records of this family coming down to the ground.

[6] Ioras eat insects and spiders, which they find by nimbly gleaning the leaves of the slenderest outer twigs.