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A male (top) and female
rusty-naped pitta
(
Hydrornis oatesi
) in
Mae Wong National Park
, Thailand. This species of bird in the family
Pittidae
was
described
by amateur ornithologist
Allan Octavian Hume
in 1790. It is found in East and Southeast Asian subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests,
montane forests
, and bamboo forests.
Photograph:
JJ Harrison
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