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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Pitta nympha

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pittidae

Genus

Pitta

Species

Pitta nympha

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Fairy Pitta

Pitta nympha (Fairy Pitta · ヤイロチョウ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)VU (Vulnerable)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Fairy Pitta»

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

18cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Dense forests on coastal, island, and inland slopes (summer breeding grounds); in Korea, Geojedo and Hallasan on Jeju Island

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its breeding site in Hakdong-ri, Geojedo, Gyeongsangnam-do is separately designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) to protect the Fairy Pitta (Korea Heritage Service).
💡 Its body length of 18 cm is slightly shorter than the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#팔색조#Pitta nympha

📖 1. Overview

The Fairy Pitta is a small summer visitor breeding in East Asia, with rainbow-like seven-colored plumage.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

It is brown from the forehead to the back of the head with a white throat, green back and scapulars, bright cobalt-blue rump, and crimson center of the belly and undertail coverts.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It eats insects and earthworms, builds a moss-lined nest in rock crevices or between tree branches, and lays 4–6 eggs per clutch.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In the National List of Species of Korea it is Class II endangered wildlife (Korea), and the entire species was designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) on May 31, 1968. Several pairs return each year to breeding sites such as Geojedo and Hallasan on Jeju Island.