The Blue-headed Pitta is endemic to Borneo. An adult male has a blue-violet head and reddish-brown back and searches for food on the forest floor.
An adult male has blue-violet feathers from crown to nape and a reddish-brown back and rump. Its throat is white, breast black, and belly and flanks shades of blue-violet to deep purple.
Males forage along broad, leaf-covered paths. They rarely fly and usually move by hopping along the forest floor.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.