Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura)

Other Names (World)
Indian Pitta, Bengal Pitta, Blue-winged Pitta(!), Green-winged Pitta

Family
Pittidae (Pittas)

Size
20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Woodland, mangroves. FRom sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), India (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Sri Lanka.

Breeds in north-eastern Pakistan (Margalla Hills) and in foothills of Himalayas from western Himachal Pradesh (Dharmsala, Kangra) east to Sikkim and Bangladesh (has probably bred), and south to western and central India (south to Gujarat, extreme northern Karnataka, eastern Maharashtra and central Bihar); migrates south to southern India and Sri Lanka.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (80)...)

Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) [XC137108]
by Vivek Puliyeri from Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh (alarm call, possibly)

Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) [XC190840]
by Hans Matheve from Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis), Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) and Mangrove Pitta (Pitta megarhyncha). Sometimes considered conspecific with Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) and Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) - 10 files

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