Rainbow pitta / Regenbogenpitta (Pitta iris)

Wikipedia: Rainbow pitta Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Rainbow_Pitta_-_Lee_Point_Reserve.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Pitta (Pitta); Family Pittas (Pittidae)
General: The rainbow pitta (Pitta iris) is a small passerine bird in the pitta family, Pittidae, endemic to northern Australia, most closely related to the superb pitta of Manus Island. It has a velvet black head with chestnut stripes above the eyes, olive green upper parts, black underparts, a bright red belly and an olive green tail. An Australian endemic, it lives in the monsoon forests and in some drier eucalypt forests. [more]