Rusty-naped Pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) [XC823792]
by Mike Catsis from Gohtong Jaya, Pahang, Malaysia (call)
Rusty-naped Pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) [XC864715]
by Nick Athanas from \u0e22\u0e2d\u0e14\u0e14\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e02\u0e32\u0e07 : Doi Ang Khang Hill Top (near Tambon Mae Sun), Amphoe Fang, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)
Subspecies
Has on occasion been placed in a separate genus, Hydrornis, along with Blue-naped Pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) and Blue-rumped Pitta (Hydrornis soror). These three are closely related. Racial identity of birds in southern Vietnam (southern Annam) uncertain and tentatively placed with bolovenensis.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
oatesi (Hume, 1873) - Northern, eastern and south-eastern Myanmar east to north-eastern Laos and south to west, southern and north-eastern Thailand.
castaneiceps (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930) - Southern China (southern Yunnan), north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin, northern Annam) and central Laos.
bolovenensis (Delacour, 1932) - Southern Laos and southern Annam.
deborah (King, BF, 1978) - Central Peninsular Malaysia.