- Hydrornis soror
Identification
22–24 cm (8¾-9½ in)
- Rufous-lilac on forehead and forecrown becoming bright blue on hindcrown and nape
- Rufous-lilac on side of head
- Orange-rufous posterior superciliary stripe, black postocular stripe
- Bright green upperparts
- Bright blue rump
- Green tail
- Dusky brown wing, green edged
- Orange-rufous underparts, often narrow broken black upper breastband
- Dark brown to sepia eye
- Pale pinkish-horn bill
Females are duller all over with less blue on nape. Juveniles are dark brown above, have buffish streaks on crown, buffish spotted upperparts, plain dirty cinnamon below, paler buffish-pink on throat and often some black spots on upper breast.
Distribution
Found in southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
Fairly common to scarce in its range.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Pitta.
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- H. s. tonkinensis in southern China (Guangxi) and northern Vietnam (Tonkin)
- H. s. petersi in northern Vietnam and Laos
- H. s. douglasi on Hainan, China
- H. s. soror in southeast Laos and Vietnam
- H. s. flynnstonei in southeast Thailand and southwest Cambodia.
Habitat
Wide range of habitats: moist riverine primary evergreen forest, secondary forest, logged forest, mixed forest with bamboo or on craggy limestone ground.
Behaviour
Skulking and secretive.
Diet
Feeds on snails, probably insects and earthworms also taken. Uses rocks and stones for smashing snail shells.
Breeding
Breeding recorded in June in Vietnam. The domed nest is made of dead leaves, dry rattan leaves, stripes of palm leaves and black rootlets. It's placed low in a tree or palm. Lays 3 eggs.
Movements
Most probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-rumped Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-rumped_Pitta
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
