Giant pitta
Hydrornis caeruleus (Raffles, 1822)
The giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 202 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the giant pitta
- Weight
- 202 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 12 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the giant pitta live?
Not recorded
What is the giant pitta?
The giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.
From the Wikipedia article “Giant pitta” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giant_pitta&oldid=1333406928), 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 giant pitta endangered?
The giant pitta is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- 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 Near Threatened species.
How is the giant pitta classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPittidae
- genusHydrornis
- SpeciesHydrornis caeruleus (Raffles, 1822)
Synonyms Myiothera caerulea, Pitta caerulea
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- بيتا عملاقArabic
- pita gegantCatalan
- pita modropláštíkováCzech
- Pita cawraiddWelsh
- KæmpepittaDanish
- RiesenpittaGerman
- giganta pitoEsperanto
- Pita giganteSpanish
- suurpitaEstonian
- پیتای غولپیکرPersian
- sulttaanipittaFinnish
- Brève géanteFrench
- velika pitaCroatian
- óriáspittaHungarian
- Paok sintauIndonesian
- Pitta giganteItalian
- Pitta maggioreItalian
- オニヤイロチョウJapanese
- milžiniškoji pitaLithuanian
- Кого питтаWestern Mari
- ReuzenpittaDutch
- kjempepittaNorwegian
- kurtaczek olbrzymiPolish
- وڈا نورنگاWestern Panjabi
- pita-gigantePortuguese
- Большая питтаRussian
- pita veľkáSlovak
- Džinovska pitaSerbian
- jättejuveltrastSwedish
- นกแต้วแล้วยักษ์Thai
- นกแต้วแล้วยักษ์ นกซุ้มหมูThai
- Büyük PittaTurkish
- піта великаUkrainian
- Đuôi cụt lớnVietnamese
- 大蓝八色鸫Chinese
- 大藍八色鳥Chinese
- 大藍八色鶇Chinese
Relatives of the giant pitta
Other species in the same genus Hydrornis.
Blue pitta
Hydrornis cyaneus
Javan banded pitta
Hydrornis guajanus
Gurney's pitta
Hydrornis gurneyi
Blue-headed pitta
Hydrornis baudii
Blue-naped pitta
Hydrornis nipalensis
Rusty-naped pitta
Hydrornis oatesi
CompareGiant pitta vs Blue pittaGiant pitta vs Javan banded pittaGiant pitta vs Gurney's pittaGiant pitta vs Blue-headed pitta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the giant pitta?
An adult giant pitta weighs 202 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the giant pitta endangered?
The giant pitta is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the giant pitta?
The giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus) 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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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
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