| Hydrornis | |
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| Male Javan banded pitta, Hydrornis guajanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Hydrornis Blyth, 1843 |
| Species | |
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Hydrornis is a genus of pitta in the family Pittidae. The genus contains thirteen species, found in South-east Asia. The genus was formerly merged with the genus Pitta , but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
The pittas were at one time all usually placed in the genus Pitta , the only genus in the family Pittidae, but when a 2006 molecular phylogenetic study found that the pittas formed three separate groups, the genus was split and some species were moved into two resurrected genera, Erythropitta and Hydrornis. [1] The genus Hydrornis had been introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843 with the blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) as the type species. [2] [3] The name Hydrornis combines the Ancient Greek words hudōr "water" and ornis "bird". [4]
The pittas in Hydrornis have sexually dimorphic plumage, a feature that is absent for all other pittas. Also for those species that have been studied, the juveniles have a spotted cryptic plumage. [1]
The genus contains 13 species: [5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrornis phayrei | Eared pitta | Southeast Asia. | |
 | Hydrornis nipalensis | Blue-naped pitta | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. |
 | Hydrornis soror | Blue-rumped pitta | Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam |
 | Hydrornis oatesi | Rusty-naped pitta | China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
 | Hydrornis schneideri | Schneider's pitta | Sumatra in Indonesia |
 | Hydrornis caeruleus | Giant pitta | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. |
 | Hydrornis baudii | Blue-headed pitta | Borneo |
 | Hydrornis cyaneus | Blue pitta | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
 | Hydrornis elliotii | Bar-bellied pitta | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam |
 | Hydrornis gurneyi | Gurney's pitta | Malay Peninsula |
 | Hydrornis guajanus | Javan banded pitta | Java and Bali |
 | Hydrornis irena | Malayan banded pitta | Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. |
 | Hydrornis schwaneri | Bornean banded pitta | Borneo |
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