Blue-rumped Pitta (Hydrornis soror)
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Blue-rumped Pitta

Hydrornis soror (Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1881)

≈24 cmLength114 gWeight

It is most often found in damp, shaded parts of the understory in tropical evergreen broadleaf forest.

Busiest months: March · Most records: Vietnam, China, Cambodia

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Blue-rumped Pitta has been recorded at 46 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Cat Tien NPVietnam333 records
  2. Cuc Phuong NPVietnam171 records
  3. Cat Tien National Park – HQVietnam159 records
More places
  1. Dinhthinh( Tim) (11,1401,107,3771)Vietnam149 records
  2. Deo Nui San passVietnam122 records
  3. Tan Phu Forest EnterpriseVietnam79 records
  4. LonghengChina62 records
  5. Jianfengling NNRChina51 records
  6. Cuc Phuong NP – Bong SubstationVietnam40 records
  7. Nonggang NNRChina36 records

Countries and regions with the most records

VietnamChinaCambodia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonal forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Questions

How big is the Blue-rumped Pitta?

The Blue-rumped Pitta is about ≈24 cm long and weighs around 114 g.

Where does the Blue-rumped Pitta live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Southeast Asia. It is most often recorded in Vietnam, China and Cambodia.

When is the best time to see the Blue-rumped Pitta?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in March (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Blue-rumped Pitta endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Blue-rumped Pitta as Least Concern.

What does the Blue-rumped Pitta eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Blue-rumped Pitta in?

It belongs to the family Pittas (Pittidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
≈24 cm
Weight
114 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Active on the ground
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
109 mm
Tail
56 mm
Bill
28 mm
Tarsus
48 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: Southeast Asia

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Subspecies · 2
  • Hydrornis soror tonkinensis s China and n Vietnam
  • Hydrornis soror douglasi Hainan I. (off se China)

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Pittas Pittidae
Genus
Hydrornis

Other birds in the genus Hydrornis

Eared PittaEared PittaHydrornis phayreiGiant PittaGiant PittaHydrornis caeruleusRusty-naped PittaRusty-naped PittaHydrornis oatesiSchneider's PittaSchneider's PittaHydrornis schneideriBlue-naped PittaBlue-naped PittaHydrornis nipalensisMalayan Banded PittaMalayan Banded PittaHydrornis irenaJavan Banded PittaJavan Banded PittaHydrornis guajanusBornean Banded PittaBornean Banded PittaHydrornis schwaneriBlue-headed PittaBlue-headed PittaHydrornis baudiiBlue PittaBlue PittaHydrornis cyaneusGurney's PittaGurney's PittaHydrornis gurneyiBar-bellied PittaBar-bellied PittaHydrornis elliotii
Blue-rumped Pitta

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