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| − | [[Image:Banded_Pitta.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male ssp ''ripley''<br />Photo by {{user|sAwnOirOychAng|sAwnOirOychAng}} <br / >Krabi [[Thailand]]]]
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| − | ;[[:Category:Pitta|Pitta]] guajana
| + | '''Banded Pitta''' may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Banded Pitta''' (''Pitta guajana''): |
| − | ''Hydrornis guajanus'' | |
| − | ==Identification==
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| − | [[Image:4482Banded-Pitta.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|sAwnOirOychAng|sAwnOirOychAng}}<br />Krabi Thailand]]
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| − | 20 - 23cm. An unmistakable pitta with some geographical variation.
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| − | * Top and side of head black with prominent, broad bright yellow supercilium
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| − | * Plain chestnut-brown upperparts
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| − | * Blackish-brown wings with white spots creating a wingbar (broad in ''irena'')
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| − | * Deep blue rump and tail
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| − | * White chin and throat, becoming yellow on lower throat
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| − | * Narrow dark blue band on upper breast
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| − | * Yellow rest of underparts with blackish barring (''irena'' and ''ripleyi'' with blue underparts with some orange barring, ''schwaneri'' with large blue belly patch)
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| − | * Black bill
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| − | Females are duller and the blue breastband is very narrow. Females of ''irena'', ''ripleyi'' and ''schwaneri'' have no blue on underparts.<br />
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| − | Juveniles are speckled brown and their bill has an orange base and an orange tip.
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| − | ==Distribution==
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| − | Found from southern [[Thailand]] to peninsular [[Malaysia]], [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]] and [[Java]].<br />
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| − | Fairly common where suitable habitat remains. Population declining due to habitat loss and cagebird trading.
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
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| − | ====Subspecies====
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| − | [[Image:Bornean_Banded_Pitta.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male ssp ''schwaneri''<br >Photo by {{user|horukuru|horukuru}}<br / >Danum Valley, Sabah, [[Borneo]], December 2008]]
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| − | There are 4 subspecies, sometimes split in three species:
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| − | *''P. g. ripleyi'':
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| − | :*Southern Peninsula [[Thailand]]
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| − | *''P. g. irena'':
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| − | :*[[Malay Peninsula]] and [[Sumatra]] - '''Malayan Banded Pitta''' (with ''ripleyi'')
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| − | *''P. g. schwaneri'':
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| − | :*[[Borneo]] - '''Bornean Banded Pitta'''
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| − | *''P. g. guajana'' (affinis):
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| − | :*[[Java]] and [[Bali]] - '''Javan Banded Pitta'''
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| − | Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Hydrornis|Hydrornis]]'' by Gill and Donsker<sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup>.
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| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | Moist lowland forests and montanes. Rarely in older secondary forest. Occurs from lowlands up to 1500m.
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | Feeds mainly on insects, snails and earthworms. Takes also berries.<br />
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| − | Forages on the ground.<br />
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| − | Breeding season differs through range. The globular nest has a side entrance and is build with broad leaves, sleletonized bamboo leaves, small sticks and grass. It's placed low in a bush, a sapling or a rattan palm. Lays 2 - 5 eggs, mostly 3 or 4. <br />
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| − | A resident species.
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| − | ==References==
| + | *'''[[Malayan Banded Pitta]]''' - ''Pitta irena'' |
| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor8}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker10}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1920822 Birdforum thread] discussing taxonomy of this species
| + | *'''[[Bornean Banded Pitta]]''' - ''Pitta schwaneri'' |
| − | #{{Ref-HBWVol8}}
| + | *'''[[Javan Banded Pitta]]''' - ''Pitta guajana'' |
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | {{GSearch|Pitta+guajana}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pitta]] | |
