Hydrornis

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.

Hydrornis
Male Javan banded pitta, Hydrornis guajanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Hydrornis
Blyth, 1843
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

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]

Species

The genus contains 13 species:[5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Hydrornis phayreiEared pittaSoutheast Asia.
Hydrornis nipalensisBlue-naped pittaBangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.
Hydrornis sororBlue-rumped pittaCambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam
Hydrornis oatesiRusty-naped pittaChina, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Hydrornis schneideriSchneider's pittaSumatra in Indonesia
Hydrornis caeruleusGiant pittaBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
Hydrornis baudiiBlue-headed pittaBorneo
Hydrornis cyaneusBlue pittaBangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Hydrornis elliotiiBar-bellied pittaCambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam
Hydrornis gurneyiGurney's pittaMalay Peninsula
Hydrornis guajanusJavan banded pittaJava and Bali
Hydrornis irenaMalayan banded pittaThailand, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
Hydrornis schwaneriBornean banded pittaBorneo
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References

  1. Irestedt, M.; Ohlson, J.I.; Zuccon, D.; Källersjö, M.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2006). "Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35: 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x.
  2. Blyth, Edward. "Mr Blyth's report for December meeting, 1842, with Addenda subsequently appended". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 (143): 925-1010 [960].
  3. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 310–311.
  4. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "NZ wrens, broadbills, pittas". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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