Blue-rumped Pitta (Hydrornis soror) - BirdLife species factsheet

Blue-rumped Pitta Hydrornis soror

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Taxonomy

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

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.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

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

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	114 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,250,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	4.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be numerous (north Annam) to very rare, for example in Hainan (Lambert and Woodcock 1996).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cambodia	Snoul / Keo Sema / O Reang
Cambodia	Virachey
Laos	Eastern Bolikhamxay Mountains
Laos	Hin Namno
Laos	Nakai Plateau
Laos	Upper Xe Kaman
Laos	Xe Khampho / Xe Pian
Laos	Xe Kong Plains
Thailand	Khao Soi Dao
Vietnam	Ban Bung
Vietnam	Ban Thi - Xuan Lac
Vietnam	Cuc Phuong
Vietnam	Ke Go
Vietnam	Ngoc Linh
Vietnam	Pu Mat
Vietnam	Sinh Long
Vietnam	Vu Quang

Habitats & altitude

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	50 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-rumped Pitta Hydrornis soror. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-rumped-pitta-hydrornis-soror on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.