Rusty-naped pitta

Rusty-naped pitta
Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pittidae
Genus:Hydrornis
Species: H. oatesi
Binomial name
Hydrornis oatesi
(Hume, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Pitta oatesi

The rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.

Description

The male has a deep brown head and underparts with dull green wings. It has a well defined black stripe behind the eyes.[2] The female is duller than the male, with brownish tingeing on the wings and vague dark scaling on the lower throat.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by amateur ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume in 1873.[3] Four subspecies are currently recognised. H. o. oatesi is found from Myanmar to north-eastern Laos and south-eastern Thailand.[3] H. o. castaneiceps is found from southern China to central Laos and north-western Vietnam.[3] H. o. bolovenensis is found in southern Laos and Vietnam.[3] H. o. deborah is found in central Peninsular Malaysia.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The rusty-naped pitta is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical, tropical moist montane forests and bamboo forests. It is typically found from above 800m.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Hydrornis oatesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22698608A93692066. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698608A93692066.en. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Robson, Craig. Birds of Thailand. p. 150. ISBN 978-0691007014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rusty-naped Pitta (Pitta oatesi) (Hume, 1873)". Avibase. Retrieved 16 February 2013.


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