Giant Pitta

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pittidae (Pittas)

Giant Pitta

Hydrornis caeruleus

大蓝八色鸫 (dà lán bā-sè-dōng)

    Malay : Burung-Pacat Biru Besar

    Japanese : オニヤイロチョウ (oni ya-iro-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 鬼八色鳥

   

    Size : 25–29 cm; male 202 g

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Hydrornis caeruleus caeruleus (Raffles, TS 1822)
  – southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra.
• Hydrornis caeruleus hosei (Baker, ECS 1918)
  – Borneo.

Distribution Map

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 11 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 11 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah