Pitta nipalensis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is a brightly colored bird, with a stub-tail. It is blue and green above, with a reddish-yellow coloring below. The bird's nape and hindneck are bright blue, and the tail is brown with a bit of green. The male and female birds are similar, but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown, not blue, and it has a green hindneck.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It can be found in bamboo jungles.
It is a terrestrial bird. It usually ventures out into clearings only early in the morning and late in the evening. Its call is a double whistle and can be heard when it is on the ground and from a tree at dawn and dusk. The nesting season is April to August, during which both the male and female birds share the parental duties.
Its diet consists of ground insects and other small animals. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-naped Pitta sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 249th most-seen of the 377 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-naped Pitta in Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months. That is one of Manas National Park's wettest months, with about 1070 mm of rain against 10 mm in December.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-naped Pitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Blue-naped Pitta sightings, Manas National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Namdapha National Park (India, about 10%) and Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-naped Pitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Manas National Park (36 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.
