Pittas (Pittidae)
Blue-rumped Pitta (Pitta soror) - HBW 8, p. 135
French: Brève à dos bleu
German: Blaubürzelpitta
Spanish: Pita Lomiazul
Other common names: Blue-headed(!)/Blue-backed Pitta
Taxonomy: Pitta (Hydrornis) soror R. G. W. Ramsay, 1881, Saigon, Vietnam.
Has on occasion been placed in a separate genus, Hydrornis, along with P. nipalensis and P. oatesi; these three are closely related. Populations of SE Laos and C Annam often separated as race annamensis on basis of geographically discrete range coupled with more extensive lilac colour on face and crown; owing to great variation in, especially, amount of lilac, however, and insufficient museum material and field studies, considered better treated as synonymous with nominate. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tonkinensis Delacour, 1927 - S China (Guangxi) and N Vietnam (C Tonkin).
- petersi Delacour, 1934 - SE Tonkin, N Annam and C Laos.
- douglasi Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 - Hainan.
- tonkinensis Delacour, 1927 - S China (Guangxi) and N Vietnam (C Tonkin).
- petersi Delacour, 1934 - SE Tonkin, N Annam and C Laos.
- douglasi Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 - Hainan.
- soror R. G. W. Ramsay, 1881 - SE Laos and Vietnam (C & S Annam, Cochinchina).
- flynnstonei Rozendaal, 1993 - SE Thailand and SW Cambodia.
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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