Irena cyanogaster
TAXONOMY
Irena cyanogastra Vigors, 1831, Manilla.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Black-mantled fairy bluebird; French: Irиne а ventre
bleu; German: Kobalt-Irene; Spanish: Ave Azul de Manto
Negro.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
9.75 in (24 cm). Black plumage with dark blue belly, tail, and
wing edges. Blue from bill to nape; eyes red.
DISTRIBUTION
Most of the major eastern Philippine islands, from Luzon,
south to Mindanao.
HABITAT
Forest canopy.
BEHAVIOR
Similar to fairy bluebird.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
As in fairy bluebird.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Not known.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. Still considered common on all islands as of
2000.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
A target species for ecotourists.
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