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- Pitta cyanea
Description
Identification
Distribution
Male : blue upperparts and flame-orange hindcrown and nape. Forecorown 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 : tale bright blue. Underparts whiter than male. Both sexes show a small white patch at base of primaries in flight.
Habitat
evergreen forest, bamboo and the moister mixed deciduous forests from plains to 1500 m. Fairly common resident.
