Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae (Pittas)  
Genus: Pitta (16 species)


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Black-faced Pitta (Pitta anerythra) Vulnerable
Range: AU: n, c Solomon Is.
 



African Pitta
African Pitta (Pitta angolensis pulih)
Range: AF: e, se, wc, w
Campo Ma'an, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Indian Pitta
Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura)
Range: OR: India
India  
 
Photograph by shrikant rao     Copyright and usage info


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Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna)
Range: AU: Nusa Penida (se of Bali), Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Adonara, Lomblen (=Lembata) and Alor (w to ec Lesser Sundas)
 



Elegant Pitta
Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans)
Range: AU: Lesser Sundas and s Moluccas
Lesser Sundas, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Abdul Azis Gizan     Copyright and usage info


Rainbow Pitta
Rainbow Pitta (Pitta iris iris)
Range: AU: nc Australia
Border Store, Northern Territory, Australia  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Ivory-breasted Pitta
Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima)
Range: AU: Morotai to Bacan (n Moluccas)
Halmahera, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Bill Bacon     Copyright and usage info


Mangrove Pitta
Mangrove Pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) Near Threatened
Range: OR: coasts of ne Indian Pen., s Bangladesh, w Myanmar, Thailand, w Malay Pen., e Sumatra, Riau Is. (e of c Sumatra) and Bangka (e of s Sumatra)
Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-winged Pitta
Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Range: OR: ne Myanmar and far s Yunnan (s China) to n, s Vietnam and n Malay Pen. including Langkawi (w of c Malay Pen.)
Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Fairy Pitta
Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) Vulnerable
Range: OR, PAL: Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (s, c Japan), Jeju (s of Korean Pen.), s, e China and Taiwan
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Green-breasted Pitta
Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta reichenowi)
Range: AF: w Cameroon to s Uganda and c DR Congo
Kibale National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Hooded Pitta
Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida)
Range: OR, AU: Himalayas to New Guinea
Sri Phang Nga National Park, Phang Nga, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Azure-breasted Pitta (Pitta steerii) Vulnerable
Range: OR: ec, s Philippines
 



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Superb Pitta (Pitta superba) Endangered
Range: AU: Manus (Admiralty Is., nc Bismarck Arch.)
 



Noisy Pitta
Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)
Range: AU: sc New Guinea and n, e Australia
Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Banda Sea Pitta (Pitta vigorsii)
Range: AU: Romang, Sermata, Damar and Babar (e Lesser Sundas) and Banda, Watubela and Kai is. (s Moluccas)
 




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