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Thebanded pittas,Hydrornis spp., are a group ofbirds in the familyPittidae that were formerlylumped as a single species,Hydrornis guajana. They are found in forest in theThai-Malay Peninsula and theGreater Sunda Islands.
The group includes four birds, which can be divided into three main groups: Thespecies fromJava andBali has a yellow eyebrow, underparts that are densely barred in yellowish and blackish-blue and a narrow blue band on the upper chest;irena andripleyi from the Thai-Malay Peninsula andSumatra have a more orange eyebrow, a blue belly and a chest that is barred orange and dark bluish (more orange towards the sides, blue towards the center); andschwaneri fromBorneo has a blue mid-belly and yellow flanks and chest densely barred with blackish. Females of all birds are significantly duller than the males. There are also vocal differences between these, and since 1993 they have been considered by several taxonomists to be better treated as three separate species:
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