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Noisy Pitta

Pitta versicolour

Description:

Brightly coloured bird, males and females similar, size to 21cm. Ground and canopy dweller feeding on insects, grubs, berries and forest snails (the shells broken open as the bird smashes them on something hard usually a specific 'anvil' that is used regularly. Stocky body, short tail, call is a drawn out wook sound repeated in sets of 2 usually.

Habitat:

Found throughout eastern Australia usually in rainforest areas, moist gullies.

Notes:

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3 Comments

Vinny
Vinny 7 years ago

Great group of pictures kd

kdpicturemaker
kdpicturemaker 7 years ago

Some new photos added.

triggsturner
triggsturner 7 years ago

Great spotting. For anyone who has tried getting a decent image of any Pitta, it is not often easy. Well done on this one.

kdpicturemaker
Spotted by
kdpicturemaker

NSW, Australia

Spotted on Nov 4, 2015
Submitted on Jun 28, 2016

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