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Male
Photo by horukuru
Danum Valley Sabah, Borneo, March 2011
Pitta baudii

Hydrornis baudii

Identification

17 cm
Male

  • Blue crown
  • Black cheeks
  • Reddish-brown mantle
  • Black wings marked with white
  • Blue tail
  • White throat
  • Deep violet-blue underparts

Female

  • Buff crown and upperparts
  • Buffy cheeks to vent

Juveniles are similar to females but duller, have a dark brown breast and brown and golden marbled underparts.

Distribution

Endemic to Borneo.
A locally common species but with a patchy distribution. Threatened by rapid deforestation.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Placed in genus Hydrornis by Gill and Donsker[3], formerly placed in its own genus Iridipitta.

Habitat

Dense cover in moist lowland forests to 600m. Often close to rivers.

Behaviour

A shy and secretive species.
Feeds on earthworms, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, caterpillars and other arthropods.
Feeds among leaf litter by turning over leaves.
The few breeding records suggest a breeding season from March to October. A recorded nest was domed, made of dead leaves and herbs and placed 0.5m above the ground. The clutch consisted of 2 eggs.
Probably a sedentary species.

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. 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
  1. BirdLife International

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