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Hydrornis

  • Bar-Bellied Pitta

    Bar-Bellied Pitta at Cat Tien National Park

    Bar-Bellied Pitta 
    (Đuôi cụt bụng vằn, Hydrornis elliotii)

    A species of bird in the family Pittidae, found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. 
    Natural habitat is seasonal tropical forest.

  • Blue Pitta

    Blue Pitta 
    Hydrornis cyaneus
    Đuôi cụt đầu đỏ

    Found in the northeastern Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Indochina. 
    Natural habitat is tropical forest.
    Feed by foraging on the ground for insects and other small invertebrates.

  • Blue-naped Pitta

    Bar-Bellied Pitta at Cat Tien National Park

     

    Blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
    Đuôi cụt gáy xanh

    The blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.
    The bird species is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

    Formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
    Latin hydr-, hydro-, from Greek, from hydōr "water" and ornis "bird".

  • Blue-rumped pitta

    Blue-rumped pitta at Cat Tien National Park

    Blue-rumped pitta 
    (Hydrornis soror) 
    Đuôi cụt đầu xám

    The blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. 
    The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").

  • Brève à dos bleu

    Blue-rumped Pitta
    Hydrornis soror

    La Brève à dos bleu (Hydrornis soror) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Pittidae.

  • Brève d'Elliot

    La Brève d'Elliot (Hydrornis elliotii) est une espèce de passereau appartenant à la famille des Pittidae.

  • Eared Pitta

    Bar-Bellied Pitta at Cat Tien National Park

    Eared pitta (Đuôi cụt nâu, Hydrornis phayrei) 

    The eared pitta (Hydrornis phayrei) is a species of bird in the pitta family, Pittidae, and is found in Southeast Asia.

    Formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
    Latin hydr-, hydro-, from Greek, from hydōr "water" and ornis "bird".

  • Hydrornis

    Hydrornis is a genus of pitta in the family Pittidae.  

    1/ Eared pitta (Đuôi cụt nâu, Hydrornis phayrei) 
    Phayrei - fairy???
    rei-
    Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to flow, run."

    2/ Blue-rumped pitta ( Đuôi cụt đầu xám, Hydrornis soror)
    The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").

    3/ Bar-bellied pitta (Đuôi cụt bụng vằn, Hydrornis elliotii)

    4/ Blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
    Đuôi cụt đầu đỏ

    5/ Blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
    Đuôi cụt gáy xanh

    6/ Rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi)
    Đuôi cụt đầu hung

    Formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
    Latin hydr-, hydro-, from Greek, from hydōr "water" and ornis "bird".