South Moluccan Pitta

Erythropitta rubrinucha

An unmistakable plump, short-tailed, long-legged forest bird with a red belly. A spectacular species displaying a broad iridescent blue chest band, a dark purplish-glossed head with blue cheek markings, a reddish nape, and moss-green upperparts. Found in forested lowlands and foothills and within bamboo thickets. Usually seen singly, most often either foraging on the forest floor or calling from low understory branches. Confined to the islands of Buru and Seram. Gives a distinctive soft, quivering two-part whistle: “waaaaaaaoop-aaaaaaww.” First part ascends, and the second is a mournful, descending whistle.

分类信息

学名
Erythropitta rubrinucha
命名信息
(Wallace, 1862)
Passeriformes
Pittidae
Erythropitta

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Resident species

保护状况

种群趋势
declining

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分布

鸟叫声

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