Blue pitta
Hydrornis cyaneus (Blyth, 1843)
The blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 109 g to 109.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the blue pitta
- Weight
- 109 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
- 4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the blue pitta live?
Not recorded
What is the blue pitta?
The blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae found in the northeastern Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Indochina. It typically lives in moist forests but can also inhabit dry forest. It is an unobtrusive, solitary bird which feeds by foraging on the ground for insects and other small invertebrates.
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Is the blue pitta endangered?
The blue pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the blue pitta classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPittidae
- genusHydrornis
- SpeciesHydrornis cyaneus (Blyth, 1843)
Synonyms Pitta cyanea, Pitta cyanura
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- بيتا أزرقArabic
- নীল শুমচাBangla
- pita blauCatalan
- pita azurováCzech
- Pita glasWelsh
- Rødnakket PittaDanish
- BlaupittaGerman
- FleckenbrustpittaGerman
- RiesenpittaGerman
- blua pitoEsperanto
- Pita azulSpanish
- sinipitaEstonian
- پیتای کبودPersian
- safiiripittaFinnish
- Brève bleueFrench
- plavoleđa pitaCroatian
- kék pittaHungarian
- Pitta bluItalian
- Pitta azzurraItalian
- ルリヤイロチョウJapanese
- mėlynoji pitaLithuanian
- Симсӹ питтаWestern Mari
- BlåpittapittaNorwegian Bokmål
- Blauwe PittaDutch
- blåpittaNorwegian
- kurtaczek niebieskiPolish
- نیلا نورنگاWestern Panjabi
- pita-azulPortuguese
- Синяя питтаRussian
- Голубая питтаRussian
- pita modráSlovak
- Plava pitaSerbian
- blå juveltrastSwedish
- นกแต้วแล้วสีน้ำเงินThai
- Mavi PittaTurkish
- піта синяUkrainian
- Đuôi cụt đầu đỏVietnamese
- 蓝八色鸫Chinese
- 藍八色鳥Chinese
- 藍八色鶇Chinese
Relatives of the blue pitta
Other species in the same genus Hydrornis.
Javan banded pitta
Hydrornis guajanus
Gurney's pitta
Hydrornis gurneyi
Blue-headed pitta
Hydrornis baudii
Giant pitta
Hydrornis caeruleus
Blue-naped pitta
Hydrornis nipalensis
Rusty-naped pitta
Hydrornis oatesi
CompareBlue pitta vs Javan banded pittaBlue pitta vs Gurney's pittaBlue pitta vs Blue-headed pittaBlue pitta vs Giant pitta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue pitta?
An adult blue pitta weighs 109 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the blue pitta endangered?
The blue pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the blue pitta?
The blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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