Pitta
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(pt´), name used to refer to a genus (Pitta) of small, plump, brightly colored birds. The genus, including some twenty-three species, constitutes the whole of the family Pittidae.
Pitta, Rainbow Pitta iris Found: Australia
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Fairy Pitta
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Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) is a widespread resident in Himalayas, north-east and southern India. Size: 19 cm ...
Whilst Rainbow Pittas can be reliably found at Kakadu National Park, there are locations closer to Darwin and even in Darwin itself, where the birds can be found with a little bit of effort and patience.
Whiskered Pitta Pitta kochi
Described by: Brüggemann (1876)
Alternate common name(s): Koch's Pitta
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Status – Fairy pitta
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).
Description – Fairy pitta ...
Giant Pitta
Pitta caerulea
[southeast Asia]
The world's largest pitta is scarce and elusive; when found it can be the highlight of a trip to the Greater Sundas, peninsular Malaysia, or Thailand.
Hooded Pitta
We also have three hooded pittas living together, one male with two females. They are with the pheasant pigeons and the black-naped orioles inside the Bird House.
Indian Peafowl ...
Giant Antpitta (Grallaria gigantea) 'Maria'
Refugio Paz de las Aves, Pichincha, Ecuador
11/26/07
Yellow-breasted Antpitta (Grallaria flavotincta) 'Willie'
Refugio Paz de las Aves, Pichincha, Ecuador
11/26/07 ...
Gurney's Pitta Pitta gurneyi was known from a single site in peninsular Thailand until its rediscovery in Southern Taninthayri Division, Myanmar in early 2003.
Pitta
Scientific Name:
Pitta sordida
Description
: Hooded pittas have a black head, thin throat, and black bill. They are mostly green, with dark greenish upperparts and wings. Their flight feathers are black with white towards the edges.
My camp site was great for birds. Two Noisy Pittas came right up begging for cheese. They must be used to being fed by campers. The Rangers hate it but bird feeding really increases the number of birds you see in the campground.
Simon Rood Pittard
Single Funnel Ant nest entrance
Singular Bannerfish, Heniochus singularius (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)
Sir John Proud Aquarium System
SITC
Site Study Stages 4-6 Heritage Tour Student Activity ...
broadbills, woodcreepers, ovenbirds, antbirds, tapaculos, cotingas, manakins, tyrant flycatchers, sharpbill, plantcutters, pittas, New Zealand wrens, asities, lyrebirds, scrub-birds, larks, swallows & martins, wagtails & pipits, ...
Euryceros of the Oscines, and Philepitta of the Clamatores, are remarkable enough to form the types of Passeriform families, and Mesites half-way between Galli and Gruiformes is of prime importance.
An important breeding site for one of Asia's most spectacular birds, the Fairy Pitta, is under threat from a proposed new dam. (more) ...
Attributes of Atrytonopsis pittacus
White-barred Skipper
Atrytonopsis pittacus (W.H. Edwards, 1882)
Family: Hesperiidae ...
"Our horses," he says, "were obliged to scrape the snow away to obtain their miserable pittance; and, to increase their misfortune, the poor animals were attacked by the Magpies, who, attracted by the scent of their sore backs, alighted on them, and, ...
 See also: Pigeon, Eagle, Pheasant, Heron, Sparrow
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