Typical Pittas
Pitta
Pitta is a genus of birds in the Pittidae, or pitta family. They are secretive, brightly coloured birds that forage on the forest floor. They are long-legged and short-tailed with rounded wings. Nest construction, incubation and rearing of nestlings is performed by both parents. Incubation is completed in some 17 days, and the nestlings are altricial and nidicolous.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Noisy Pitta
speciesPitta versicolor
Indian Pitta
speciesPitta brachyura
Blue-winged Pitta
speciesPitta moluccensis
Western Hooded Pitta
speciesPitta sordida
Fairy Pitta
speciesPitta nympha
Mangrove Pitta
speciesPitta megarhyncha
Rainbow Pitta
speciesPitta iris
Ornate Pitta
speciesPitta concinna
Eastern Hooded Pitta
speciesPitta novaeguineae
African Pitta
speciesPitta angolensis
Ivory-breasted Pitta
speciesPitta maxima
Azure-breasted Pitta
speciesPitta steerii
Green-breasted Pitta
speciesPitta reichenowi
Elegant Pitta
speciesPitta elegans
Banda Sea Pitta
speciesPitta vigorsii
Minahasa Hooded Pitta
speciesPitta forsteni
Biak Hooded Pitta
speciesPitta rosenbergii
Nicobar Hooded Pitta
speciesPitta abbotti
Superb Pitta
speciesPitta superba
Black-faced Pitta
speciesPitta anerythra
Pitta angolensis × reichenowi
hybridPitta angolensis × reichenowi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14374.