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Taxonomic note
Pitta elegans, P. concinna and P. vigorsii were previously lumped as P. elegans (del Hoyo and Collar 2016); now split following Trainor and Verbelen (2013) and Yue et al. (2020). Unlike elegans, P. concinna has a two-note territorial call, the black throat extends onto the upper breast, and the front half of the supercilium is rufous, the rest white. Pitta concinna differs from all other taxa in the complex by its black chin, throat and upper breast (2), buff-rufous frontal and white rear supercilium, former with broad elongate (seemingly erectile) feathers (3), and two-note song (3). Forms hutzi (S Nusa Penida I, in Lombok Strait) and everetti (Alor) inseparable from concinna. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	87,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-40000 mature individuals	poor	inferred	2022
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2017-2028
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.85 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1-6,6	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population of this species has not been directly estimated. Qualitatively it appears to be locally common (eBird 2022) and it is tolerant of a wide range of wooded habitats. Jones et al. (1995) calculated approximate densities of 4 birds/km² for P. elegans, with which this species used to be considered conspecific; given its shared size and similar habitat requirements, a similar density is considered appropriate for P. concinna. In 2021, there was approximately 20,000 km² of forest within the species' mapped range (Global Forest Watch 2022, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). Assuming a similar density to that of P. elegans, and an occupancy rate of 40-80%, the population is inferred to be 32,000-64,000 birds, or c.20,000-40,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected of being in decline because of ongoing forest loss, which was equivalent to 5% over the three generations to 2021 (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). This species is quite tolerant of habitat degradation (Eaton et al. 2021), however still requires some kind of tree cover and therefore the rate of reduction is broadly set in the band 1-9% over the past and future three generation timeframes.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Shifting agriculture	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Ornate Pitta Pitta concinna. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/ornate-pitta-pitta-concinna on 01/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 01/01/2025.