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Hydrornis

Hydrornis
Pitta guajana-20030531B.jpg
Male Javan banded pitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Hydrornis
Blyth, 1843
Species

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Hydrornis is a genus of pitta. The genus contains eleven to thirteen species, found in South-east Asia. The genus was formerly merged with the large genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.


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