Pittas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pittidae
Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards, and stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many, but not all, are brightly coloured. They are spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrate prey which they find there. There are 32 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in India.
- Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis
- Blue Pitta Pitta cyanea
- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha (A)
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