Blue Irena , or blue-black Irena [1] ( lat. Irena puella ), is a species of Asian passerine bird from the family of Irene (Irenidae) [2] .
| Blue irena |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infrastructure : | Passerida |
| Family: | Irene ( Irenidae Jerdon , 1863 ) |
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| International scientific name |
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Irena puella ( Latham , 1790 ) |
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| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 103775156 |
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The male has a bright black color with a shiny blue top. Azure female with gray wings and tail. Both sexes have red eyes.
The range extends from the eastern Himalayas in southeast Asia to the islands of Borneo and Java. The next habitat in southwest India. The bird lives in dense tropical forests.
Blue Irena flies in small flocks more often high up the treetops in search of fruits. It also feeds on insects, spiders and nectar.
The female builds a nest in the shape of a bowl from branches, moss and roots in a fork in the branches and hatches one clutch of 2-4 eggs. The male is involved in feeding the chicks.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 287. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens, gnatcatchers : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 8.2). - 2018 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.8.2 . (Retrieved December 6, 2018) .
- Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Vögel. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London 1993, 2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3 .
- Bryan Richard: Vögel. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3 .
