Blue-rumped Pitta
Pitta soror
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyPittidae (Pittas)
- GenusPitta (Typical Pittas)
- SpeciesPitta soror (Blue-rumped Pitta)
About the Blue-rumped Pitta
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.
The blue-rumped pitta was described by the English naturalist Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay in 1881 from a specimen collected in Saigon, Cochinchina. He introduced the binomial name Pitta (Hydrornis) soror with Hydrornis as a subgenus. The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").
Five subspecies are recognised: H. s. tonkinensis (Delacour, 1927) – south China and north Vietnam H. s. douglasi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910) – Hainan island (off southeast China) H. s. petersi (Delacour, 1934) – central Laos and north central Vietnam
H. s. soror (Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1881) – south Laos and central and south Vietnam H. s. flynnstonei (Frank Rozendaal, 1993) – east Thailand and south Cambodia Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Blue-rumped Pitta in Cuc Phuong National Park
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Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blue-rumped Pitta in Cuc Phuong National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-rumped Pitta sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-rumped Pitta in Cuc Phuong National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Blue-rumped Pitta in Cuc Phuong National Park in our monthly data.