- Scientific name
- Aegithina tiphia
- Hindi name
- शोबीगी
- Family
- Aegithinidae, order Passeriformes
- Group
- Bird
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Length
- About 13 to 17 cm
A small yellow bird that whistles from the canopy.
- Spot it Bright yellow below, green-yellow above, with black wings and two white wing bars; breeding males have a black back.
- Home Leafy gardens, orchards and woodland.
- Food web Picks caterpillars and other insects off leaves.
- Why it matters Protects trees by eating leaf-eating insects.
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