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;[[:Category:Pitta|Pitta]] cyanea | ;[[:Category:Pitta|Pitta]] cyanea | ||
| − | [[Image:Blue_Pitta_male.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nothinghill<br /> | + | [[Image:Blue_Pitta_male.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|nothinghill|nothinghill}}<br />[[Khaoyai National Park]], [[Thailand]]]] |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 23cm | + | 23cm<br /> |
| − | '''Female''' : less obvious orange on nape (sometimes lacking) and dull, dark olive upperparts with slight blue tinge : tail bright blue. Underparts whiter than male. Both sexes show a small white patch at base of primaries in flight. | + | '''Male''' : blue upperparts and flame-orange hindcrown and nape. Forecrown usually dull pale olive. Prominent black eye-line and moustache. Underparts washed pale blue-grey, with fine black spots and bars.<br /> |
| − | [[Image:Blue_Pitta_Female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by nothinghill<br /> | + | '''Female''' : less obvious orange on nape (sometimes lacking) and dull, dark olive upperparts with slight blue tinge : tail bright blue. Underparts whiter than male.<br /> |
| + | Both sexes show a small white patch at base of primaries in flight. | ||
| + | [[Image:Blue_Pitta_Female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|nothinghill|nothinghill}}<br />[[Khaoyai National Park]], Thailand]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[India]], Eastern [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]]<br /> |
| + | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
There are 3 subspecies: | There are 3 subspecies: | ||
| − | * ''P c cyanea'' | + | *''P. c. cyanea'': |
| − | * ''P c aurantiaca'' | + | :*Eastern [[Bangladesh]], north-eastern [[India]], southern [[China]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Indochina]] |
| − | * ''P c willoughbyi'' | + | *''P. c. aurantiaca'': |
| + | :*Mountains of south-western [[Cambodia]] and south-eastern [[Thailand]] | ||
| + | *''P. c. willoughbyi'': | ||
| + | :*Mountains of central [[Laos]] to spouthern Annam | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Evergreen forest, bamboo and the moister mixed deciduous forests from plains to 1500 m. Fairly common resident. | Evergreen forest, bamboo and the moister mixed deciduous forests from plains to 1500 m. Fairly common resident. | ||
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====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| − | Call: ''pleoow-whit'' | + | '''Call''': ''pleoow-whit'' |
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Pitta+cyanea}} | {{GSearch|Pitta+cyanea}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pitta]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pitta]] | ||
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- Pitta cyanea
Identification
23cm
Male : blue upperparts and flame-orange hindcrown and nape. Forecrown usually dull pale olive. Prominent black eye-line and moustache. Underparts washed pale blue-grey, with fine black spots and bars.
Female : less obvious orange on nape (sometimes lacking) and dull, dark olive upperparts with slight blue tinge : tail bright blue. Underparts whiter than male.
Both sexes show a small white patch at base of primaries in flight.
Distribution
Asia: found in China, Tibet, India, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 3 subspecies:
- P. c. cyanea:
- P. c. aurantiaca:
- P. c. willoughbyi:
- Mountains of central Laos to spouthern Annam
Habitat
Evergreen forest, bamboo and the moister mixed deciduous forests from plains to 1500 m. Fairly common resident.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Call: pleoow-whit
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Pitta
