Brunei Darussalam (NB), China (mainland) (B) (P), Japan (B), Malaysia (NB), North Korea (P), South Korea (B) (P), Taiwan (China) (B) (P), Vietnam (P).
Vagrant to Hong Kong (China) (P), Indonesia (NB).
North-eastern Asia in Japan, South Korea, mainland China and Taiwan. Wintering mainly on the island of Borneo in eastern Malaysia, Brunei and Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Similar Species
Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) which is larger, lacks the buff supercillium and chestnut crown-stripe, has darker underparts and darker green upperparts and has larger white wing-patches, and Mangrove Pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) which has a larger bill and different head pattern as well as voice.
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
A Field Guide to the Birds of South-east Asia Robson, C., 2000, New Holland ISBN 1 84330 118 0
BirdLife International Species Factsheet