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Banded pitta
(Blue-tailed pitta)
(No species or subspecies status)
Hydrornis guajanus
(Syn.: Pitta guajana)
(Syn.: Eucichla guajana)
(sensu lato)
(STATIUS MÜLLER, 1776)
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Subspecies:01. Pitta guajana guajana (Javan banded pitta) - Java and Bali
02. P. g. irena (Malayan banded pitta) - Peninsular Malaysia (Perlis S to Johor), Sumatra
03. P. g. ripleyi - S peninsular Thailand
04. P. g. schwaneri (Bornean banded pitta) - Borneo
-race P. g. ripleyi perhaps represents only a clinal extreme od P. g. irena
-P. g. irena and P. g. schwaneri possibly separate species [Rheindt & Eaton (2010) Forktail 26: 86-91]

Information Source for Taxonomy:del Hoyo & Collar (2016) Illustrated Checklist of the Birds ot the World, Vol. 2, Passerines
 
Body length:20 - 23 cm
Weight:93 - 106 g
IUCN status:LC (Least Concern)
 

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