Current view: Data table and detailed info
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.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
high |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
- |
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 distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-pitta-hydrornis-cyaneus on 06/12/2024.
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 06/12/2024.