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title: "Asian Fairy-bluebird"
description: "Irena puella — Uccelli. The Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/asian-fairy-bluebird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Fairy-bluebird

> Irena puella — Uccelli. The Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Irena puella*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 2725
- Wikidata: [Q605846](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605846)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12013](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12013)

## Names

- en: Asian Fairy-bluebird
- de: Türkisfeenvogel
- es: Irena Dorsiazul
- fr: Irène vierge
- pt: Irena-de-dorso-azul
- pl: Turkuśnik indyjski

## Countries with the most observations

MY (682), IN (611), TH (474), SG (278), KH (89), VN (74), ID (59), CN (30), BT (23), MM (21), BD (9), LA (3)

## Summary

The Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird. This fairy-bluebird is found in forests across tropical southern Asia, Indochina and the Greater Sundas. Two or three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree. It was described by British ornithologist John Latham in 1790. The only other member of the genus and family is the Philippine fairy-bluebird, I. cyanogastra, which replaces the Asian fairy-bluebird in most of the Philippines. Both species are considered as sacred to the Tagalog people as they are perceived as tigmamanukan omens.
The adult Asian fairy bluebird is about 24…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_fairy-bluebird

## Photo

![Asian Fairy-bluebird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-fairy-bluebird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Al Kordesch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/357898103

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-fairy-bluebird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).