Mangrove Pitta
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Pittas

Mangrove Pitta

Pitta megarhyncha

NTNear Threatened
Family
Pittas (Pittidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to the eastern Indian subcontinent and western Southeast Asia. It is part of a superspecies where it is placed with the Indian pitta, the fairy pitta and the blue-winged pitta but has no recognized subspecies. A colourful bird, it has a black head with brown crown, white throat, greenish upper parts, buff underparts and reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia and Indonesia.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Southern Bangladesh to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka Island, and Riau Archipelago.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.