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 12 species which occur in Burma.
- Eared Pitta Pitta phayrei
- Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis
- Rusty-naped Pitta Pitta oatesi
- Giant Pitta Pitta caerulea
- Blue Pitta Pitta cyanea
- Gurney's Pitta Pitta gurneyi (E)
- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Garnet Pitta Pitta granatina
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
- Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Burma