Paok (Pittas)
Banded Pitta
Hydrornis guajanus
- langka
- 35 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Haunts Java and Bali's rainforest floors in vivid bands of blue, orange, and black. Hunts earthworms with silent precision.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified (no mature-individuals count published); suspected population reduction of 1-19% over the past 10 years based on ~3.2% tree-cover decline within its ~187,000 km² mapped range
- Habitat
- Lowland to submontane (up to ~1,500 m) subtropical/tropical moist broadleaf forest floor and dense understory with rich leaf litter, in both primary and degraded/secondary forest; a shy, ground-dwelling bird of the forest interior
- Fakta menarik
- What field guides long called the single species "Banded Pitta" was split in 2010 by ornithologists Rheindt and Eaton (Forktail 26) into three separate species — Javan, Malayan, and Bornean Banded Pitta — based on vocal, morphological, and behavioral differences.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to Indonesia, restricted to the islands of Java and Bali; formerly treated as part of a wider "Banded Pitta" complex (Hydrornis guajanus sensu lato) that also included the Thai-Malay Peninsula/Sumatra population (now Malayan Banded Pitta, H. irena) and the Bornean population (now Bornean Banded Pitta, H. schwaneri) before a 2010 taxonomic split by Rheindt and Eaton
- Makanan
- Primarily earthworms and snails picked from the leaf litter, supplemented with insects, centipedes, spiders, and occasionally small vertebrates such as frogs and skinks — typical of the Pittidae family
- Ukuran
- 0,19 m
- Masa hidup
- 5 tahun
