Hydrornis

Hydrornis
	Male Javan banded pitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Tyranni
Family:	Pittidae
Genus:	Hydrornis; Blyth, 1843
Species
	See text.

Hydrornis is a genus of pitta. The genus contains eleven to thirteen species, found in South-east Asia. The genus was formerly merged with the large genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.^[1]

Species

Eared pitta, Hydrornis phayrei
Blue-naped pitta, Hydrornis nipalensis
Blue-rumped pitta, Hydrornis soror
Rusty-naped pitta, Hydrornis oatesi
Schneider's pitta, Hydrornis schneideri
Giant pitta, Hydrornis caeruleus
Blue-headed pitta, Hydrornis baudii
Blue pitta, Hydrornis cyaneus
Bar-bellied pitta, Hydrornis elliotii
Gurney's pitta, Hydrornis gurneyi

Banded pittas

Javan banded pitta, Hydrornis (guajanus) guajanus
Malayan banded pitta, Hydrornis (guajanus) irena
Bornean banded pitta, Hydrornis (guajanus) schwaneri

References

^ Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006). "Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35: 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Irestedt-1] Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006). "Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35: 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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