Pittas (Pittidae)
Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) - HBW 8, p. 157
French: Brève migratrice
German: Nymphenpitta
Spanish: Pita Ninfa
Other common names: Lesser Blue-winged/Chinese/Swinhoe’s Pitta
Taxonomy: Pitta nympha Temminck and Schlegel, 1850, Korea.
Forms a superspecies with P. brachyura, P. moluccensis and P. megarhyncha. Formerly treated by many authors as conspecific with first of those, but differs in morphology, plumage and vocalizations. Monotypic.
Distribution: E & SE China, S Korea, S Japan and Taiwan; migrates S to N Borneo.
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breeding juveniles Locality Yilan County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 14 June 2011 1 year ago 3 min 37 sec 4.9 -
adult perched on a log, then in a tree Locality Huben Village, Linnei, Yunlin County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 May 2009 3 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
pair on the forest floor, briefly interacting before flying off Locality Huben Village, Linnei, Yunlin County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 May 2009 3 years ago 14 sec 3.6
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Breeding in Taiwan.
Locality Taiwan
alder 3 July 2009 3 years ago 4 -
An individual perched on a trunk, seen from below.
Locality Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 May 2005 17 weeks ago 3.8 -
Dorsal view of an adult bird.
Locality Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 May 2005 17 weeks ago 3.8 -
A partial view of an adult bird perched on a branch.
Locality Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 July 2002 13 weeks ago 3.6
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