Hydrornis
| Hydrornis | |
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| Male Hydrornis (guajanus) guajanus in East Java, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Hydrornis Blyth, 1843 |
| Species | |
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Hydrornis is a genus of pitta. The genus contains eleven to thirteen species, found in South-east Asia. The genus was formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.[1]
Species
- Eared pitta, Hydrornis phayrei
- Blue-naped pitta, Hydrornis nipalensis
- Blue-rumped pitta, Hydrornis soror
- Rusty-naped pitta, Hydrornis oatesi
- Schneider's pitta, Hydrornis schneideri
- Giant pitta, Hydrornis caeruleus
- Blue-headed pitta, Hydrornis baudii
- Blue pitta, Hydrornis cyaneus
- Bar-bellied pitta, Hydrornis elliotii
- Gurney's pitta, Hydrornis gurneyi
- Javan banded pitta, Hydrornis (guajanus) guajanus
- Malayan banded pitta, Hydrornis (guajanus) irena
- Bornean banded pitta, Hydrornis (guajanus) schwaneri
References
- ↑ Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006). "Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35: 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x.
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