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;[[: Category:Irena|Irena]] puella | ;[[: Category:Irena|Irena]] puella | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Size 25cm | + | Size 25cm<br /> |
| − | + | '''Male''': shining blue crown,mantle,rump and undertail coverts contrasting with velvety black head,throat,belly and tail diagnostic.<br /> | |
| − | '''Male''': shining blue crown,mantle,rump and undertail coverts contrasting with velvety black head,throat,belly and tail diagnostic. | + | '''Female''': blue-green plumage with blackish primaries.<br /> |
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Iris is red in both sexes, . | Iris is red in both sexes, . | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 2 April 2011
- Irena puella
Identification
Size 25cm
Male: shining blue crown,mantle,rump and undertail coverts contrasting with velvety black head,throat,belly and tail diagnostic.
Female: blue-green plumage with blackish primaries.
Iris is red in both sexes, .
Distribution
India & Myanmar through south east Asia to the Greater Sundas and the Philippines.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Five subspecies are known:
- I. p. puella
- I. p. malayensis:
- I. p. crinigera:
- I. p. turcosa:
- I. p.tweeddalei:
- Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga, Balabac, Culion and Calamian)
Habitat
Forest and Forest Edges.
Behaviour
Frequents the canopy and middle story.Frequently congregates in fruiting trees and shrubs with other frugivores. Some times hawks after flying insects at the forest edges.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Asian Fairy Bluebird.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording by Andrew Whitehouse
Bukit Timah, Singapore June 2009
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Asian Fairy-bluebird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Asian_Fairy-bluebird
