Blue pitta

Blue pitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Hydrornis
Species: H. cyaneus
Binomial name
Hydrornis cyaneus
Blyth, 1843
Synonyms
  • Pitta cyanea

The blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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