Pittas (Pittidae)
Gurney's Pitta (Pitta gurneyi) - HBW 8, p. 142
French: Brève de Gurney
German: Goldbrustpitta
Spanish: Pita de Gurney
Other common names: Black-breasted Pitta
Taxonomy: Pitta Gurneyi Hume, 1875, southern Tenasserim, Myanmar.
On basis mainly of longer, graduated tail, sometimes placed in separate genus Eucichla, along with P. guajana and P. elliotii, and on occasion P. cyanea. Monotypic.
Distribution: Peninsular Thailand in Krabi Province (Khao Nor Chuchi), and possibly extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim).
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A male avidly eating terrestrial termites. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 49 sec 4.9 -
A pair foraging in the forest floor, the female tossing leaves to find the terrestrial termites they are feeding on. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 50 sec 4.8 -
A ringed male feeding on terrestrial termites and becoming alert. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 47 sec 4.8 -
A male and a female feeding together and fluffing up their plumages. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 56 sec 4.7 -
A female feeding, scratching its head, watching alert and finally flying away. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 42 sec 4.7 -
A male feeding and being startled by a squirrel. Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2008 3 years ago 45 sec 4.6
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A bird foraging in the leaf litter in a dark wooded gully
Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 20 March 2007 2 years ago 3.8 -
Seek food
Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
dreyernp 2 years ago 2.8
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