The three fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. They are the sole members of the genus Irena and family Irenidae, and are related to the ioras and leafbirds.
Image: Fairy bluebird male Irena puella
Image: Fairy bluebird female
Female feeding on Ficus figs
The ioras are a small family, Aegithinidae, of four passerine bird species found in south and southeast Asia. The family is composed of a single genus, Aegithina. They were formerly grouped with the leafbirds and fairy-bluebirds, in the family Irenidae.
Iora
There is some evidence that Marshall's ioras may be migratory in some of their range
Image: Common Iora
Image: Marshall's Iora nbr MG 1386 Garima Bhatia