Genus
Pitta
14 species
The list of species of Pitta genus
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The list of species of Pitta genus
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The Rainbow pitta (Pitta iris) is a small passerine bird in the pitta family, Pittidae. It is the only species of pitta endemic to Australia. The Rainbow pitta is unusual among the avifauna in its range for foraging exclusively on the ground.
The Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura ) is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent. It inhabits scrub jungle, deciduous and dense evergreen forest. It breeds in the forests of the Himalayas, hills of central and western India, and migrates to...
The superb pitta (Pitta superba ) is a large pitta that is endemic to Manus Island which lies to the north of Papua New Guinea.
The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis ) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas, the Indian pitta (P. brachyura ), the fairy pitta (P. nympha ) and the mangrove pitta (P....
The fairy pitta (Pitta nympha ) is a small and brightly colored species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae. Its diet mainly consists of earthworms, spiders, insects, slugs, and snails. The fairy pitta breeds in East Asia and migrates south to...
The hooded pitta (Pitta sordida ) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in several types of forests as well as on plantations and other cultivated areas....
The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor ) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. The noisy pitta is found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats earthworms, insects and snails. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical...
The African pitta (Pitta angolensis ) is an Afrotropical bird of the family Pittidae. It is a locally common to uncommon species, resident and migratory in the west, and an intra-African migrant between equatorial and southeastern Africa. They are...
The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha ) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast Asia. It is part of a superspecies where it is placed with the Indian pitta, the fairy...
The azure-breasted pitta (Pitta steerii ) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is a striking and colorful bird having colors of red, azure,green, black and white, It is endemic to the islands of Mindanao, Bohol, Leyte and Samar in the...
The elegant pitta (Pitta elegans ) is a species of passerine bird in the pitta family Pittidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found in the Lesser Sunda Islands and Moluccas.
The green-breasted pitta (Pitta reichenowi ) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is one of only two Pitta species in Africa, and is found in deep forest of the tropics.
The black-faced pitta (Pitta anerythra ) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea (subspecies pallida ), and Choiseul Island (subspecies nigrifrons ) as well as Santa Isabel Island (nominate...
The ivory-breasted pitta (Pitta maxima ) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is endemic to North Maluku in Indonesia, known as Paok halmahera. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.