A male Asian Fairy-Bluebird (Irena puella) perched on a small branchl in the forest in Thailand


The Asian Fairy-Bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird. The male has glossy, iridescent blue upperparts, and black underparts and flight feathers. The female and first year male are entirely dull blue-green. In southeast Asia it occurs throughout most of Indochina (including Peninsular Malaysia), Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Palawan, and on smaller nearby islands.


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Location: Phukieo Wildlife Sancturary, Chiayaphum, Thailand
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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