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Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida cucullata   - 1st winter
Hooded Pitta
Photographer : © Mervin Quah
Location :Singapore Botanic Garden
Date : 17 February 2010
English synonyms:Green-breasted Pitta, Green Breasted Pitta, Jewel Thrush, Black-headed Pitta (novaeguineae), Black Headed Pitta (novaeguineae), Eastern Hooded Pitta (novaeguineae), Wallacean Hooded Pitta (sordida, forsteni, sanghirana), Oriental Hooded Pitta (cucullata, bangkana, mulleri), Northern Hooded Pitta (cucullata), Western Hooded Pitta (sordida, cucullata, abbotti, mulleri, bangkana, palawanensis, sanghirana, forsteni), Chestnut-crowned Pitta (cucullata, abbotti), Minahasa Pitta (forsteni)
Bird Family :Pittidae - Pittas
Bird Group :PASSERIFORMES
Red Data Status :Least Concern
Remarks :Annual winter visitor. Note the fleshy gape indicating that the bird is a 1st winter, although the plumage is already adult. - Eds