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ForestDomed nestMedium · 124 g
ID tip
It is a brightly colored bird, with a stub-tail. It is blue and green above, with a reddish-yellow coloring below. The bird's nape and hindneck are bright blue, and the tail is brown with a bit of green. The male and female birds are similar, but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown, not blue, and it has a green hindneck.
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When to see the Blue-naped Pitta
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Blue-naped Pitta
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Blue-naped Pitta
The blue-naped pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.
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Easily confused with
Malayan Banded PittaHydrornis irenaThis colourful bird has a black head with a yellow/orange streak above the eye, an orange-red nape, a lemon-yellow throat, a chest barred with orange and dark blue (more orange towards the sides and more blue towards the centre), and a blue belly.
Bar-bellied PittaHydrornis elliotiiThe bar-bellied pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.
Blue-headed PittaHydrornis baudiiThe blue-headed pitta is a medium-sized pitta, at 17 cm (6.7 in) in length.
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