Blue-naped Pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)

Other Names (World)
Blue-naped Pitta, Nepal Pitta

Family
Pittidae (Pittas)

Size
22 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Blue-naped Pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) [XC856756]
by Apichart Nana from Con Cu\u00f4ng, Con Cu\u00f4ng District, Nghe An, Vietnam (call)

Blue-naped Pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) [XC881622]
by Peter Boesman from Tinsukia (near Digboi), Upper Assam Division, Assam, India (song)

Subspecies
Has on occasion been placed in a separate genus, Hydrornis, along with Blue-rumped Pitta (Hydrornis soror) and Rusty-naped Pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) these being closely related. Form nuchalis, from Darjeeling, now considered synonymous with nominate nipalensis.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) - Himalayas from central Nepal and south-eastern Tibet east to southern Arunachal Pradesh and eastern and southern Assam, south to northern West Bengal, Bangladesh (Chittagong Hills) and north, western and southern Myanmar (Chin Hills, northern Arakan Hills and upper Chindwin).
hendeei (Bangs & van Tyne, 1931) - Southern China (southern Yunnan, south-western Guangxi) south to northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin, extreme northern Annam).

References
See References.

Files:

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