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Blue-winged pitta 
(Pitta moluccensis, Đuôi cụt cánh xanh)

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae.

The blue-winged pitta is regularly found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

"Pitta" means "small bird", "pretty", "bauble" or "pet" in the Telugu language of southern India. 
The term refers to a family of birds, often called pitta birds, which are known for their colorful plumage, short tails, and tendency to forage for insects on the forest floor. 
moluccensis Moluccas Islands (now Maluku Islands) in eastern Indonesia. 

Hydrornis is a genus of pitta in the family Pittidae.  

1/ Eared pitta (Đuôi cụt nâu, Hydrornis phayrei) 
Phayrei - fairy???
rei-
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to flow, run."

2/ Blue-rumped pitta ( Đuôi cụt đầu xám, Hydrornis soror)
The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").

3/ Bar-bellied pitta (Đuôi cụt bụng vằn, Hydrornis elliotii)

4/ Blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
Đuôi cụt đầu đỏ

5/ Blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
Đuôi cụt gáy xanh

6/ Rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi)
Đuôi cụt đầu hung

Formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
Latin hydr-, hydro-, from Greek, from hydōr "water" and ornis "bird".

Pitta is a genus of birds in the Pittidae, or pitta family.

"Pitta" means "small bird", "pretty", "bauble" or "pet" in the Telugu language of southern India. 
The term refers to a family of birds, often called pitta birds, which are known for their colorful plumage, short tails, and tendency to forage for insects on the forest floor. 

1/ Blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis, Đuôi cụt cánh xanh)

Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds found in Asia, Australasia and Africa.

"Pitta" means "small bird" in the Telugu language of southern India. 
The term refers to a family of birds, often called pitta birds, which are known for their colorful plumage, short tails, and tendency to forage for insects on the forest floor. 

Rusty-naped pitta
(Hydrornis oatesi)
Đuôi cụt đầu hung

The rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.
This bird species is native to Indochina and adjacent parts of southern China.

Formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
Latin hydr-, hydro-, from Greek, from hydōr "water" and ornis "bird".