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Taxonomic note
Hydrornis cyaneus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Pitta cyanea.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,380,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Generation length	3.82 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be from abundant (Bolovens plateau, Cambodia) to very rare, for example in Yunnan province of China (Lambert and Woodcock 1996). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 11.6% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being 11-14%.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cambodia	Phnom Aural
Cambodia	Phnom Bokor
Laos	Dong Ampham
Laos	Eastern Bolikhamxay Mountains
Laos	Nakai Plateau
Laos	Nakai-Nam Theun
Laos	Nam Ha
Laos	Upper Xe Kaman
Thailand	Doi Pha Chang
Thailand	Huai Kha Khaeng
Thailand	Kaeng Krachan
Thailand	Khao Laem
Thailand	Khao Soi Dao
Thailand	Khao Yai
Thailand	Mae Wong
Thailand	Thung Yai - Naresuan
Vietnam	Ban Thi - Xuan Lac
Vietnam	Cat Loc
Vietnam	Chu Yang Sin
Vietnam	Ke Bang
Vietnam	Pu Mat
Vietnam	Sinh Long

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	15 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-pitta-hydrornis-cyaneus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.