- Pitta cyanea
Identification
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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam,
Taxonomy
Habitat
Evergreen forest, bamboo and the moister mixed deciduous forests from plains to 1500 m. Fairly common resident.
