Blue-rumped Pitta
Hydrornis soror(Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1881)
English (US) Blue-rumped Pitta
The Blue-rumped Pitta (Hydrornis soror) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pittidae (Pittas) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Hydrornis soror
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-rumped Pitta
- Described by
- (Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1881)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Hydrornis soror tonkinensis
- Hydrornis soror douglasi
- Hydrornis soror petersi
- Hydrornis soror soror
- Hydrornis soror flynnstonei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pitta (Hydrornis) soror
- Described by
- (Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1881)
- Type locality
- Saigon, Cochinchina.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.5, no.19 p.496
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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