African Bird Club

African Pitta race pulih or presumed hybrid with Green-breasted Pitta - Adult

Photographer

» Nik Borrow

Location

» Campo Ma'an

Country image taken

» Cameroon

Date

» March, 2011

Equipment

» Panasonic DMC-FX70 and Kowa TSN 883

Bird Species

»Pitta angolensis - African Pitta

Bird Species (French)

»Brève de l'Angola

Bird Family

»Pittidae - Pittas

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This pitta has the two-toned supercilium of the race pulih however the breast is more olive than buff and the call was of Green-breasted Pitta to which the bird would only respond. Similar birds have been seen in Korup. Hybrids are well-known and it remains to be seen whether the race pulih should be treated as a 'species' with reichenowi rather than angolensis.