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Blue-naped pitta

Hydrornis nipalensis

Brian Houghton Hodgson, 1837

In Thai: นกแต้วแล้วใหญ่ท้ายทอยสีฟ้า

The blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.

Description

It is a brightly colored bird, with a stub-tail. It is blue and green above, with a reddish-yellow coloring below. The bird's nape and hindneck are bright blue, and the tail is brown with a bit of green. The male and female birds are similar, but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown, not blue, and it has a green hindneck.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It can be found in bamboo jungles.

Behavior

It is a terrestrial bird. It usually ventures out into clearings only early in the morning and late in the evening. Its call is a double whistle and can be heard when it is on the ground and from a tree at dawn and dusk. The nesting season is April to August, during which both the male and female birds share the parental duties.

Diet and feeding

It lives on ground insects and other small animals.

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Category / Seasonal Status

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pittidae
Genus
Hydrornis
Species
Hydrornis nipalensis

Common names

  • Thai: นกแต้วแล้วใหญ่ท้ายทอยสีฟ้า

Synonyms

  • Hydrornis nipalensis, Brian Houghton Hodgson (1837)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Vulnerable (IUCN3.1)

Vulnerable (ONEP)

Vulnerable (IUCN3.1)

Vulnerable (BCST)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Blue-naped pitta, Hydrornis nipalensis in Thailand
  • Phu Suan Sai National Park
Range map of Hydrornis nipalensis in Thailand