Noisy Pitta

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Noisy Pitta
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Pitta
Species: P. versicolor
Binomial name
Pitta versicolor
Swainson, 1825

The Noisy Pitta, Pitta versicolor, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It eats earthworms, insects and snails. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

The Noisy Pitta has a bright orange belly and a black face with a brown head on top.

Pitta feeding "anvil" with broken land snail shells

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