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Gurney's pitta

Hydrornis gurneyi (Hume, 1875)

CRCritically Endangeredsongbirds

The gurney's pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 60.5 g to 71 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Gurney's pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi)
Photo: Michael Gillam from Phuket, Thailand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the gurney's pitta

Weight
60.5 g – 71 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
3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gurney's pitta live?

Not recorded

What is the gurney's pitta?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Gurney's pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) (Thai: นกแต้วแร้วท้องดำ, lit. "black-bellied pitta") is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations mainly in Myanmar. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British banker and amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney (1819-1890). Its diet consists of slugs, insects, and earthworms.

From the Wikipedia article “Gurney's pitta” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gurney%27s_pitta&oldid=1383331341), 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 gurney's pitta endangered?

The gurney's pitta is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely 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 Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the gurney's pitta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPittidae
  6. genusHydrornis
  7. SpeciesHydrornis gurneyi (Hume, 1875)

Synonyms Pitta gurneyi

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • بيتا غورنيArabic
  • pita thajskáCzech
  • pita černoprsáCzech
  • Pita GurneyovaCzech
  • Pita GurneyWelsh
  • Gurney´ PittaDanish
  • Gurney´s PittaDanish
  • GurneypittaGerman
  • GoldbrustpittaGerman
  • GoldkehlpittaGerman
  • nigraventra pitoEsperanto
  • Pita de GurneySpanish
  • safranpitaEstonian
  • پیتای گارنیPersian
  • malakanpittaFinnish
  • Brève de GurneyFrench
  • plavokapa pitaCroatian
  • sziámi pittaHungarian
  • Pitta di GurneyItalian
  • クロハラシマヤイロチョウJapanese
  • Gurnėjaus pitaLithuanian
  • Gurneys PittaDutch
  • gulbrystpittaNorwegian
  • kurtaczek czarnobrzuchyPolish
  • گرنی نورنگاWestern Panjabi
  • pita-douradaPortuguese
  • pita-de-gurneyPortuguese
  • Питта ГерниRussian
  • Желтогрудая питтаRussian
  • Питта ГёрниRussian
  • pita žltohrdláSlovak
  • Gernijeva pitaSerbian
  • blåkronad juveltrastSwedish
  • นกแต้วแร้วท้องดำThai
  • นกแต้วแล้วท้องดำThai
  • Gurney PittasıTurkish
  • піта чорночереваUkrainian
  • Đuôi cụt GurneyVietnamese
  • 泰国八色鸫Chinese
  • 泰國八色鳥Chinese
  • 泰國八色鶇Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gurney's 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

CompareGurney's pitta vs Blue pittaGurney's pitta vs Javan banded pittaGurney's pitta vs Blue-headed pittaGurney's pitta vs Giant pitta

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the gurney's pitta?

An adult gurney's pitta weighs 60.5 g – 71 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gurney's pitta endangered?

The gurney's pitta is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the gurney's pitta?

The gurney's pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) 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{gurneys_pitta_2026,
  title = {Gurney's pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gurneys-pitta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}