Gurney's Pitta

This beautiful bird has a blue crown and black-and-yellow underparts. The rest of the head is black, and it has warm brown upperparts. The female has a brown crown and buffy-whitish underparts. The name of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist John Henry Gurney. It eats slugs and worms.

The Gurney's Pitta is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Gurney's Pitta, Pitta gurneyi, is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations in Thailand and, especially, Burma. This beautiful bird has a blue crown and black-and-yellow underparts. The rest of the head is black, and it has warm brown upperparts. The female has a brown crown and buffy-whitish underparts. The name of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist John Henry Gurney. It eats slugs and worms. More

the economic value of Gurney's pitta has begun to shift from illegal trade to conservation-based ecotourism. Home of Wiki & Reference Answers, the world’s leading Q&A siteReference AnswersEnglish▼English▼ Deutsch Español Français Italiano Tagalog * * Search unanswered questions... * Browse: Unanswered questions | Most-recent questions | Reference library Enter a question here... More

A male Gurney's pitta on the forest floor. Image by P. D. Round/ BirdLife. Gurney’s pitta (Pitta gurneyi) is the rather dull name of a brilliantly colored bird also known more poetically as the “jewel thrush.” Its history is a tale of a treasure found, then lost, and found again, and again. First described from southern Myanmar (Burma) in 1875, it appeared frequently in collections from southern Myanmar and adjacent areas in peninsular Thailand. More

Philip D Round rediscovered the Gurney's Pitta in 1986. Shortly thereafter, this bit of jungle, known as Khao Nor Chuchi, was declared a non-hunting area. It is also known as the Khao Prabang Kham. It is one of the most important birdwatching sites in southern Thailand. Three hundred and nineteen species of birds have been recorded in Khao Nor Chuchi with an additional eight unconfirmed species sightings. Khao Nor Chuchi: Morakot Resort Joining me was my birding guru, Andrew Colthorpe. More

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CURRENT POPULATION Gurney's Pitta is close to extinction in Thailand, and there have been no records in Myanmar since 1914. The species has been recorded at four sites in Thailand but the only possibly viable population known is at Khao Nor Chuchi in Krabi province, where numbers have declined from 39 to 40 pairs in 1986 to 21 to 25 pairs at present. SIZE 20cm. WEIGHT Estimated at 0.10 to 0.11kg. AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY Not available. More

The endangered Gurney's Pitta have been found in southern Myanmar near Linya National Park, in the Ngawun Reserve Forest. Bird Life International, Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association together with the Ministry of Forestry has found the largest group of Gurney's Pitta in Myanmar. They found about 150 of these birds in the same place. The Gurney's Pitta are often called Jewel-thrush. More

The gurney's pitta has a length of roughly 22 centimeters. It is a small round bird with a big head. The gurney's pitta has strong legs with a short tail. They usually jump around the forest floor and sing during feeding. There are many local names for the gurney's pitta. It is found in very limited areas in the south of Burma in the Tanaosri mountains. In Thailand they are found from Prachuab Khirikan to Trang. More

observations between 1952 and 1986), Gurney's Pitta remains the number one target bird of visiting birdwatchers. Despite the discovery of a sizeable population of the species in Myanmar in 2003, the remnant population at Khao Nor Chu Chi, in southern Thailand, remains the only realistic opportunity to see Gurney's Pitta for most birdwatchers. More

these, the Gurney's Pitta, is listed as endangered by the IUCN,, a further eight species are listed as vulnerable. The main threat to pittas is habitat loss in the form of rapid deforestation. Contents - * 1 Behaviour * 1.1 Diet and feeding * 1. More