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 the Philippines.
- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii (E)
- Whiskered Pitta Pitta kochi (E)
- Red-bellied Pitta Pitta erythrogaster
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Philippines