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Blue Pitta - female, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam Secretive bird, photographed from a hide. This is the female, which is less blue compared to the male. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171548/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html" title="Blue Pitta - female, L&acirc;m Đồng, Vietnam"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/171548_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=pXZhlfJWwSWJTDftUPlBOh5baU0%3D" width="200" height="164" alt="Blue Pitta - female, L&acirc;m Đồng, Vietnam Secretive bird, photographed from a hide. This is the female, which is less blue compared to the male.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171549/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171550/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> Male:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171559/blue_pitta_-_male_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,L&acirc;m Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171550/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html" title="Blue Pitta - female, L&acirc;m Đồng, Vietnam"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/171550_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=UXB29cPbnchjAkLqejD8hsys7T0%3D" width="200" height="176" alt="Blue Pitta - female, L&acirc;m Đồng, Vietnam Secretive bird, photographed from a hide. This is the female, which is less blue compared to the male. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171548/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171549/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> Male:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171559/blue_pitta_-_male_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,L&acirc;m Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025" /></a></figure><br /> Male:<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171559/blue_pitta_-_male_lm_ng_vietnam.html" title="Blue Pitta - male, L&acirc;m Đồng, Vietnam"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/171559_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=4%2FNa2Y%2FoWviXAhJ4DKqFyIQoXMA%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Blue Pitta - male, L&acirc;m Đồng, Vietnam This is the male, which is more blue than the female:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171548/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue Pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,L&acirc;m Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025" /></a></figure> Asia,Blue pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,Lâm Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025 Click/tap to enlarge

Blue Pitta - female, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam

Secretive bird, photographed from a hide. This is the female, which is less blue compared to the male.

Blue Pitta - female, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam Secretive bird, photographed from a hide. This is the female, which is less blue compared to the male.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171549/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171550/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> Male:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171559/blue_pitta_-_male_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,Lâm Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025

Blue Pitta - female, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam Secretive bird, photographed from a hide. This is the female, which is less blue compared to the male. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171548/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171549/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html<br /> Male:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171559/blue_pitta_-_male_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,Lâm Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025

Male:

Blue Pitta - male, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam This is the male, which is more blue than the female:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171548/blue_pitta_-_female_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue Pitta,Di Linh,Hydrornis cyaneus,Lâm Đồng,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025

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The Blue Pitta

The blue pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae found in the northeastern Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Indochina. It typically lives in moist forests but can also inhabit dry forest. It is an unobtrusive, solitary bird which feeds by foraging on the ground for insects and other small invertebrates.

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Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Sep 26, 2025. Captured May 18, 2025 06:43.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/50s
  • ISO25600
  • 500mm