Pitta soror
Silhouette: Rachael Joakim · PhyloPic
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 Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 159 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.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-rumped Pitta in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–June and October, the lowest months. That is one of Cuc Phuong National Park's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain against 40 mm in December. July has too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Blue-rumped Pitta sightings, Cuc Phuong National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-rumped Pitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (66 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.
