Fairy-bluebirds
Irena
The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. They are the sole members of the genus Irena and family Irenidae, and are related to the ioras and leafbirds.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Asian Fairy-bluebird
speciesIrena puella
Philippine Fairy-bluebird
speciesIrena cyanogastra
Palawan Fairy-bluebird
speciesIrena tweeddalii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12012.