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Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus



Family: Pittidae (Pittas)

Authority: (Raffles, 1822)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c;C1

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Justification of Red List category
This species is scarce and patchily distributed within its range, and is likely to have a moderately small global population, which is suspected to be declining moderately rapidly as a result of deforestation throughout much of its range. It is therefore considered Near Threatened.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,080,000 km2

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Hydrornis caeruleus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/giant-pitta-hydrornis-caeruleus on 04/10/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 04/10/2023.