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Asian Fairy-bluebird

Irena puella · Family Irenidae

Irena puella

Family Irenidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Irenidae
GBIF occurrence records
99,394
Countries and territories with records
25
Asian Fairy-bluebird
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About this species

This species has 99,394 occurrence records from 25 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (56.7%), Thailand (17.6%), Malaysia (14.1%), Singapore (4.5%) and Vietnam (2.3%); together they account for 95.2% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.092% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Irena puella combines the genus name Irena with the species epithet puella. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Irena: Irena cyanogastra.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 2 species of the family Irenidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (51,400). The family Irenidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the order Passeriformes

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