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Gurney's Pitta

Hydrornis gurneyi

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

CRCritically EndangeredEndemicInvertebratesForestDomed nestMedium · 61 g
Gurney's Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi), photo 1
Photo: Michael Gillam from Phuket, Thailand · CC BY 2.0
Gurney's Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi), photo 2
Photo: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0
Gurney's Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi), photo 3
Photo: "W.H." · Public domain
Gurney's Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi), photo 4
Photo: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0
Gurney's Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi), photo 5
Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The male has a blue crown and black-and-yellow underparts; the rest of the head is black, and it has warm brown upperparts. The female has a brown crown and buffy-whitish underparts.

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When to see the Gurney's Pitta

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

About the Gurney's Pitta

Gurney's pitta is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations mainly in Myanmar. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British banker and amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney (1819-1890). Its diet consists of slugs, insects, and earthworms.

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Easily confused with

Javan Banded Pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) Javan Banded PittaHydrornis guajanusThe Javan banded pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. Schneider's Pitta (Hydrornis schneideri) Schneider's PittaHydrornis schneideriSchneider's pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. Giant Pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus) Giant PittaHydrornis caeruleusThe giant pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.

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