Palawan Fairy-bluebird
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The Palawan fairy-bluebird (''Irena tweeddalii'') is a species of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family Irenidae. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the island of
Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
in the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
. Its natural
habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...
.


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Palawan fairy-bluebird The Palawan fairy-bluebird (''Irena tweeddalii'') is a species of bird in the family Irenidae. It is endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or ...
Birds of Palawan Endemic birds of the Philippines
Palawan fairy-bluebird The Palawan fairy-bluebird (''Irena tweeddalii'') is a species of bird in the family Irenidae. It is endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or ...
Palawan fairy-bluebird The Palawan fairy-bluebird (''Irena tweeddalii'') is a species of bird in the family Irenidae. It is endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or ...
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