Philippine pitta

Philippine pitta

Blue-breasted pitta

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Erythropitta erythrogaster

The Philippine pitta (Erythropitta erythrogaster ) or blue-breasted pitta, is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It has a pointed beak and has a red belly with a green blue band above. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It was considered the nominate subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. This species has a wingspan of 20 - 25cm and is 17.5 - 20cm tall. In the class Aves it lays eggs and has feathers covering its entire body, it also has wings and can fly. As the illustration on your right shows it has short tail feathers and has a small brown head.

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References

1. Philippine pitta Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_pitta
2. Philippine pitta on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103656341/93695428
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/622354

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