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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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam,
Taxonomy
There are 3 subspecies:
- P c cyanea
- P c aurantiaca
- P c willoughbyi
Habitat
Evergreen forest, bamboo and the moister mixed deciduous forests from plains to 1500 m. Fairly common resident.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Call: pleoow-whit
