Pitta soror

– Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	AVES
Order:	PASSERIFORMES
Family:	PITTIDAE
Scientific Name:	Pitta soror
Species Authority:	Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1881
Common Name/s:	BLUE-RUMPED PITTA (Eng)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LC ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Evaluator/s:

Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Justification:

This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000–100,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'common' in at least parts of its range (Lambert and Woodcock 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History:

1988	-	Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
1994	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
2000	-	Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000)

Geographic Range

Range Description:

This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 50,000-100,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'common' in at least parts of its range (Lambert and Woodcock 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Countries:

Native:

Cambodia; China; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Thailand; Viet Nam

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

1.6	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.

BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2004. Pitta soror. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 May 2008.
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