Blue-naped pitta
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pittidae |
Genus: | Hydrornis |
Species: | H. nipalensis
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Binomial name | |
Hydrornis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)
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The blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) is a species of
Description
It is a brightly colored bird, with a stub-tail. It is blue and green above, with a reddish-yellow coloring below. The bird's nape and hindneck are bright blue, and the tail is brown with a bit of green. The male and female birds are similar, but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown, not blue, and it has a green hindneck.[2]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in
Behavior
It is a terrestrial bird. It usually ventures out into clearings only early in the morning and late in the evening. Its call is a double whistle and can be heard when it is on the ground and from a tree at dawn and dusk. The nesting season is April to August, during which both the male and female birds share the parental duties.[2]
Diet and feeding
Its diet consists of ground insects and other small animals.[2]
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