Rusty-naped Pitta

Hydrornis oatesi Hume, 1873

Rusty-naped Pitta, Hydrornis oatesi, is a bird of the Pittidae family that breeds in south-east Asia. It occurs in Indochina and nearby parts of southern China, and uses moist lowland forest, moist montane forest and bamboo forest above 800 m. The species was described by Hume in 1873. Four subspecies are recognised, ranging from east Myanmar and north-east Laos and Thailand to south Laos and south Vietnam, with others in south-east China, north-west Vietnam and the central Malay Peninsula.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pittidae — Pittas

Breeding range

Oriental Region: se Asia