? Asian Fairy Bluebird Conservation status: Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Irenidae Genus: Irena Species: I. puella
Binomial name
Irena puella (Latham, 1790)

The Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... Image File history File links Photo by Aaron Logan source File links The following pages link to this file: Fairy-bluebird Asian Fairy Bluebird ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Meta­zoa. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genus Irena The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and The Philippines. ... Genus Irena The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and The Philippines. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... John Latham John Latham (June 27, 1740 - February 4, 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Orders Many - see section below. ...

This fairy bluebird breeds across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayan foothills, India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. This species is found in moist hill-forest. Two or three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree. Genera Irena The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. ...

The adult Asian Fairy Bluebird is about 27 cm long. The male has glossy, iridescent blue upperparts, and black underparts and flight feathers. The female and first year male are entirely dull blue-green.

The Asian Fairy Bluebird eats fruit, nectar and some insects. Its call is a liquid two note glue-it.

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Reference

• BirdLife International (2004). Irena puella. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Downloaded on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
• Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...

External links

• Asian Fairy Bluebird videos on the Internet Bird Collection