Pitta soror
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonal forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The blue-rumped pitta was described by the English naturalist Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay in 1881 from a specimen collected in Saigon, Cochinchina. He introduced the binomial name Pitta (Hydrornis) soror with Hydrornis as a subgenus. The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").
Five subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-rumped Pitta sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 326 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 88th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-rumped Pitta in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February and July–September, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 490 mm in July.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-rumped Pitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Blue-rumped Pitta sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 20%).
Same genus: Pitta
The closest relatives of the Blue-rumped Pitta that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (genus Pitta, Typical Pittas) are Bar-bellied Pitta (about 30%) and Blue-winged Pitta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-rumped Pitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Cat Tien National Park (326 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
