Wednesday 20 January 2016

Asian Fairy-bluebird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Irenidae (Fairy-bluebirds)
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Irena puella
和平鸟 (hépíng-niǎo)

    Malay : Murai-Gajah Biasa
    Japanese : ルリコノハドリ (ruri ko-no-ha dori)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 瑠璃木の葉鳥 / 琉璃木の葉鳥



    Size : 21.2-25.8 cm; Male 56.6-75.7 g; Female 52-71.2 g [malayensis]

    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Irena puella puella (Latham, 1790)
    – SW, S & NE Indian Subcontinent E to extreme S China (S Yunnan), S in continental SE Asia to N Malay Peninsula and S Vietnam.
  • Irena puella andamanica (Abdulali, 1964)
    – Andaman and Nicobar Is.
  • Irena puella malayensis (F. Moore, 1854)
    – S Malay Peninsula.
  • Irena puella crinigera (Sharpe, 1877)
    – Sumatra (including islands off W coast), Bangka, Belitung and Borneo.
  • Irena puella turcosa (Walden, 1870)
    – Java.
  • Irena puella tweeddalei (Sharpe, 1877)
    – W Philippines (Calamians, Palawan, Balabac).

Date : 18 June 2022
Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor

Date : 28 July 2018
Location : Hutan Simpan Kekal Bukit Larut, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 28 July 2018
Location : Hutan Simpan Kekal Bukit Larut, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 21 January 2017
Location : Taman TAR, Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor

Date : 17 January 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor

No comments:

Post a Comment