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Blue-headed pitta

Hydrornis baudii (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1839)

VUVulnerablesongbirds

The blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 66 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii)
Photo: Kókay Szabolcs · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-headed pitta

Weight
66 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the blue-headed pitta live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The blue-headed pitta is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the blue-headed pitta?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii) is a species of bird in the pitta family Pittidae. It is endemic to Borneo.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-headed pitta” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-headed_pitta&oldid=1380704851), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the blue-headed pitta endangered?

The blue-headed pitta is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the blue-headed pitta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPittidae
  6. genusHydrornis
  7. SpeciesHydrornis baudii (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1839)

Synonyms Pitta baudii

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • بيتا أزرق الرأسArabic
  • pita de cap blauCatalan
  • pita modrohlaváCzech
  • Pita penlasWelsh
  • Blåkronet PittaDanish
  • RotrückenpittaGerman
  • BlauscheitelpittaGerman
  • bluĉapa pitoEsperanto
  • Pita cabeciazulSpanish
  • türkiispitaEstonian
  • پیتای سرآبیPersian
  • borneonpittaFinnish
  • Brève à tête bleueFrench
  • bjelogrla pitaCroatian
  • koronás pittaHungarian
  • Paok kepala-biruIndonesian
  • Pitta testabluItalian
  • Pitta testa azzurraItalian
  • ズアオヤイロチョウJapanese
  • mėlyngalvė pitaLithuanian
  • Burung Pacat Kepala MerahMalay
  • BlauwkoppittaDutch
  • fagerpittaNorwegian
  • kurtaczek modrogłowyPolish
  • kurtaczek czerwonogrzbietyPolish
  • نیلسرا نورنگاWestern Panjabi
  • pita-de-cabeça-azulPortuguese
  • pita-de-barrete-azulPortuguese
  • Синегрудая питтаRussian
  • Синеголовая питтаRussian
  • pita hnedochrbtáSlovak
  • Plavoglava pitaSerbian
  • Azurkronad pittaSwedish
  • azurkronad juveltrastSwedish
  • Mavi Başlı PittaTurkish
  • піта борнейськаUkrainian
  • Đuôi cụt đầu lamVietnamese
  • 蓝头八色鸫Chinese
  • 藍頭八色鳥Chinese
  • 藍頭八色鶇Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the blue-headed pitta

Other species in the same genus Hydrornis.

LC, Least Concern
Blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)

Blue pitta

Hydrornis cyaneus

Pittidae

NT, Near Threatened
Giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus)

Giant pitta

Hydrornis caeruleus

Pittidae

CompareBlue-headed pitta vs Blue pittaBlue-headed pitta vs Javan banded pittaBlue-headed pitta vs Gurney's pittaBlue-headed pitta vs Giant pitta

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-headed pitta?

An adult blue-headed pitta weighs 66 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the blue-headed pitta live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the blue-headed pitta for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the blue-headed pitta endangered?

The blue-headed pitta is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the blue-headed pitta?

The blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii) belongs to the family Pittidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_headed_pitta_2026,
  title = {Blue-headed pitta (Hydrornis baudii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-headed-pitta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}