| Blue pitta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Hydrornis |
| Species: | H. cyaneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrornis cyaneus (Blyth, 1843)
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The blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae found in the northeastern Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Indochina. It typically lives in moist forests but can also inhabit dry forest. It is an unobtrusive, solitary bird which feeds by foraging on the ground for insects and other small invertebrates.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hydrornis cyaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22698617A93692913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698617A93692913.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.