EBird describes the bird as "A medium-sized, long-legged bird of lowland and foothill forest floor and undergrowth in the southern Philippines. Green on the back, with a black head and back of the neck, a pale blue wing with a black edge, pale blue underparts with a black patch on the belly, and red under the base of the tail. Similar to Hooded pitta especially if viewed from the back, but has a pale blue chest and a white throat. Song is a short series of medium-pitched barks, 'rak-rak-rak-rak-rak!'"[2]
It is found in tropical moist lowland forest with dense understory up to 1,000 meters above sea level but more common below 600 meters. It prefers forests with limestone outcrops.[3]
IUCN has assessed this bird as Vulnerable with the population being estimated at 2,500 to 9,999 mature individuals remaining. This species' main threat is habitat loss with wholesale clearance of forest habitats as a result of logging, agricultural conversion and mining activities occurring within the range. The most affected part of its range is Bohol which only has 4% forest cover remaining.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Pitta steerii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22698644A93694792. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698644A93694792.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^"Azure-breasted Pitta". Ebird. from the original on 2019-04-02.
^ abAllen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife Guides International. pp. 234–235.
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azure, breasted, pitta, azure, breasted, pitta, pitta, steerii, species, bird, family, pittidae, striking, colorful, bird, having, colors, azure, green, black, white, endemic, islands, mindanao, bohol, leyte, samar, philippines, natural, habitat, tropical, moi. The azure breasted pitta Pitta steerii is a species of bird in the family Pittidae It is a striking and colorful bird having colors of red azure green black and white It is endemic to the islands of Mindanao Bohol Leyte and Samar in the Philippines Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest It is threatened by habitat loss Azure breasted pittaConservation statusVulnerable IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder PasseriformesFamily PittidaeGenus PittaSpecies P steeriiBinomial namePitta steerii Sharpe 1876 Contents 1 Description and taxonomy 1 1 Subspecies 2 Habitat and conservation status 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External linksDescription and taxonomy editEBird describes the bird as A medium sized long legged bird of lowland and foothill forest floor and undergrowth in the southern Philippines Green on the back with a black head and back of the neck a pale blue wing with a black edge pale blue underparts with a black patch on the belly and red under the base of the tail Similar to Hooded pitta especially if viewed from the back but has a pale blue chest and a white throat Song is a short series of medium pitched barks rak rak rak rak rak 2 Subspecies edit Two subspecies are recognized P s steeri Found on Mindanao Darker and has a stronger green tinge P s coelestis Found on Bohol Leyte and Samar Paler in colour 3 Habitat and conservation status editIt is found in tropical moist lowland forest with dense understory up to 1 000 meters above sea level but more common below 600 meters It prefers forests with limestone outcrops 3 IUCN has assessed this bird as Vulnerable with the population being estimated at 2 500 to 9 999 mature individuals remaining This species main threat is habitat loss with wholesale clearance of forest habitats as a result of logging agricultural conversion and mining activities occurring within the range The most affected part of its range is Bohol which only has 4 forest cover remaining Only a few areas are protected in Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape in Bohol and Samar Island Natural Park but actual protection and enforcement from illegal logging and hunting are lax Gallery edit nbsp An illustration nbsp Azure breasted PittaReferences edit BirdLife International 2016 Pitta steerii IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22698644A93694792 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22698644A93694792 en Retrieved 25 September 2021 Azure breasted Pitta Ebird Archived from the original on 2019 04 02 a b Allen Desmond 2020 Birds of the Philippines Barcelona Lynx and Birdlife Guides International pp 234 235 External links editBirdLife Species Factsheet nbsp This Pittidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Azure breasted pitta amp oldid 1186833290, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
