Eared Pitta (Hydrornis phayrei)

Other Names (World)
Eared Pitta, Phayre's Pitta

Family
Pittidae (Pittas)

Size
20 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1863)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,830 m.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia, China (mainland), Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Bangladesh.

North-eastern Bangladesh, and central and south-eastern Myanmar and west, north-western and eastern Thailand east to southern China (southern Yunnan) and south to Indochina (southern Cambodia, central Annam).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Eared Pitta (Hydrornis phayrei) [XC69209]
by Hans Matheve from Khao Yai, trail 6 area, Thailand (duet, song)

Eared Pitta (Hydrornis phayrei) [XC816803]
by id from Huai Mae Phriang (near Huai Mae Priang), Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in a separate, monotypic genus Anthocincla, and such treatment may indeed be more appropriate. Allegedly darker birds from north-eastern Tonkin sometimes separated as subspecies obscura, but individual variation considerable.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Eared Pitta (Hydrornis phayrei) - 10 files

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