Noisy Pitta
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| Noisy Pitta | |
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| 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 |
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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
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Pitta versicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
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