Species Details

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Blue‑naped Pitta Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Hydrornis nipalensis
Family : Pittidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
 
Description : Blue-napped Pitta is a brightly colored bird with a stub-tail.It is blue and green above with a reddish-yellow coloring below.The bird's tail is brown with a bit of green.The male and female birds are similar but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown but not blue.
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source:www.en.wikipedia.org, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Rejoice Gassah(www.inaturalist.org/people/Rejoice Gassah),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Yong Ding Limore information, please contact us.