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Blue-naped Pitta

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Hydrornis nipalensis

Basic stats

Diet

Ground insects and other small animals

Habitat

Forest; terrestrial

The blue-naped pitta is a brightly coloured, stub-tailed bird, blue and green above with reddish-yellow underparts, and a bright blue nape and hindneck and a brown tail with a little green. The sexes are similar, but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown, not blue, and her hindneck is green (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is terrestrial, and its double-whistle call can be heard from the ground and from a tree at dawn and dusk. The nesting season is April to August, and both sexes share parental duties. The diet is ground insects and other small animals (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the Blue-naped Pitta eat?
Ground insects and other small animals
What habitat does the Blue-naped Pitta live in?
Forest; terrestrial
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