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Fairy Pitta

 

Exactly 3 years ago the alarm went out for a Fairy Pitta showing at a smaller park/wooded area across the river in Samut Prakan province. 
 
I absolutely had to go though I had seen the bird 4 years earlier at Kor Man Nai but such an opportunity to get some pictures could not be denied. 
 
The area is part of the old Bangkok with lots of smaller canals, orchards and vegetation. 
 
There were other people there as well, some with blinds and some without.
 
It didn't take long before the bird came hopping on the ground. 
 
Fairy Pitta was only discovered in Thailand in recent years. And I was not in the country when one showed at Phutomonton park years before. The one sure spot is Kor Man Nai but quite an endeavor to go there plus the small island is basically closed off to regular birders since researchers and ringers have obtained permission to rope off the main parts of the island for their project.
 
Fairy Pitta breeds in Taiwan and Eastern parts of China where I also have encountered it.
 



 

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