Pittas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pittidae
Pittas are medium-sized stocky passerines with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many, but not all, are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrate prey. There are 32 species worldwide of which 13 occur in Thailand.
| Common name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Eared Pitta | Pitta phayrei | |
| Blue-naped Pitta | Pitta nipalensis | |
| Blue-rumped Pitta | Pitta soror | |
| Rusty-naped Pitta | Pitta oatesi | |
| Giant Pitta | Pitta caerulea | Rare and globally threatened |
| Blue Pitta | Pitta cyanea | |
| Banded Pitta | Pitta guajana | |
| Bar-bellied Pitta | Pitta elliotii | Rare and globally threatened |
| Gurney's Pitta | Pitta gurneyi | Rediscovered 1986, rare and endangered near endemic |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
| Garnet Pitta | Pitta granatina | Rare and globally threatened |
| Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | Summer visitor, passage migrant |
| Mangrove Pitta | Pitta megarhyncha |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Thailand