The Green-breasted Eight-Colored Plover (Scientific Name: Pitta sordida cucullata) is a bird of the family Pterophoridae , about 18 cm long. The green-breasted eight-colored plover is 16 to 18 cm long and weighs 50 to 59 g. The iris is tea brown; the mouth is black or black brown; the feet are brownish gray. Its forehead to the back of the occipital area is bright chestnut brown with a slight black color on the forehead, and the first and narrow eyebrow lines, eye circles, cheeks, ear feathers, chin, throat and neck are all black, and the back neck is particularly dark and shiny. The surface of the back and shoulder feathers and feathers is bright oil green, and the primary flight feathers have large white wing spots. The thorax , abdomen , and flanks of pale grass are green and render blue , distinct from the blue-winged eight-colored thrush and the Malay eight-colored grebe. The central to subtail coverts of the abdomen are scarlet, and the central feathers of the upper abdomen are black patches. Females have plumage similar colours to males.
It is found in Yunnan, Ningxia (Liupanshan), and the southeastern foothills of the Himalayas
The green-breasted eight-colored plover mainly inhabits tropical or monsoon rainforests at altitudes of 700-1300 meters, and is more common in shady and wet areas under the forest and at the water's edge. In particular, it is found in sparse forests, shrublands, secondary forests and small trees, and sometimes in woods and shrublands at the edge of villages. Sometimes 2 to 3 individuals are seen together. He often peels off the fallen leaves in the wet ground leaf house, and frequently uses his feet to flip the dead branches and leaves on the ground in search of food. It feeds on animal foods such as Coleopterae and Weevilidae, Lepidoptera larvae, Hymenoptera ants, earthworms, termites, and seeds and fruits. Repeating double whistles "pih-pih" with extremely short intervals.
Breeding in the tropical rainforest at an altitude of 1500 meters, the breeding period is from May to July, usually nesting on the ground or in the pile of branches, the nest built is relatively rough, mainly with twigs, bamboo leaves, leaves, twigs, dry grass, moss, lichen, grass stems and roots, the nest mouth is more open at the near end, generally there are more leaves or other debris and other hidden objects to bury the nest. In areas dominated by bamboo, bamboo leaves account for a large proportion of the main building materials. Each clutch lays 3 to 6 eggs, which vary in color from reddish, dark purple or white.