Blue Pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)

Other Names (World)
Blue Pitta, Lesser Blue Pitta

Family
Pittidae (Pittas)

Size
20 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest. From 60 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

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

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 (2020).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

Blue Pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) [XC173133]
by Frank Lambert from Bokor National Park, Kampot Province, Cambodia (call)

Blue Pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) [XC240613]
by Mike Nelson from (Phnom Aoral) \u1783\u17bb\u17c6 \u178f\u17d2\u179a\u1796\u17b6\u17c6\u1784\u1787\u17c4, \u179f\u17d2\u179a\u17bb\u1780\u17b1\u179a\u17c9\u17b6\u179b\u17cb, \u1781\u17c1\u178f\u17d2\u178f\u1780\u17c6\u1796\u1784\u17cb\u179f\u17d2\u1796\u17ba, Cambodia (song)

Subspecies
In past, on occasion placed in separate genus Leucopitta. Alternatively, sometimes placed with the Eucichla group. However, appears to be most closely related to Schneider's Pitta (Hydrornis schneideri) and Giant Pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cyaneus (Blyth, 1843) - Eastern Bangladesh, north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) and Myanmar (except northern) east to southern China (southern Yunnan) and south to Tenasserim and southern Thailand, also north-eastern Laos and Vietnam (southern Tonkin south to central Annam).
aurantiaca Delacour and Jabouille, 1928 - South-eastern Thailand and south-western Cambodia.
willoughbyi (Delacour, 1926) - Central Laos to southern Annam.

References
See References.

Files:

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