Rusty-naped pitta
| Rusty-naped pitta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Hydrornis |
| Species: | H. oatesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrornis oatesi (Hume, 1873) | |
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The rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.
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 1790.[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
- ↑ BirdLife International 2004. Pitta oatesi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007
- 1 2 3 Robson, Craig. Birds of Thailand. p. 150. ISBN 978-0691007014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Rusty-naped Pitta (Pitta oatesi) (Hume, 1873)". Avibase. Retrieved 16 February 2013.