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Juveniles are dark brown, darker on head side, spotted buff above and on breast, pale throat and mostly orange bill. | Juveniles are dark brown, darker on head side, spotted buff above and on breast, pale throat and mostly orange bill. | ||
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Extreme south-eastern [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Cambodia]].<br /> | Extreme south-eastern [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Cambodia]].<br /> | ||
Fairly common to common. | Fairly common to common. | ||
Revision as of 20:20, 6 March 2017
Alternative name: Elliot's Pitta
- Hydrornis elliotii
Identification
19 - 21cm
- Blue-green top of head, bluer on sides, broad black band from lores to nape
- Dark green upperparts, faintly tinged blue
- Bright blue-violet tail
- White chin and upper throat
- Blue-green lower throat and upper breast
- Barred yellow and black rest of underparts, dark blue belly centre
- Dark red-brown to black bill
- Fleshy-coloured feet
Females have buffish-brown top of head and nape with greenish central crown and less yellow on underparts.
Juveniles are dark brown, darker on head side, spotted buff above and on breast, pale throat and mostly orange bill.
Distribution
Extreme south-eastern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Fairly common to common.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly placed in genus Pitta.
Habitat
Lowland rainforests. Also in secondary forest, logged areas, often on limestone.
Behaviour
Reported food items are termites, caterpillars and earthworms.
Forages by pecking on ground and turning over leaves.
Breeding season probably from April to June. The domed nest with a side entrance is made of twigs, palm leaves, bamboo and rattan. It's placed low in apalm or up to 5m above the ground in a tree.
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- 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/.
- BF Member observations
- 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) Bar-bellied Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-bellied_Pitta
