mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) Mangrove Pitta (Blue-winged Pitta) Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel
Date between 1850 and 1855
Source Birds of Asia, Vol. I, Parts I,-VI,by John Gould, 1850-54. Painted by John Gould & Henry C Richter.
Author John Gould (1804–1881)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PittaMegarhychaGould.jpg
The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast Asia. A colourful bird, it has a black head with brown crown, white throat, greenish upper parts, buff underparts and reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia and Indonesia. It is found in mangrove and nipa palm forests where it feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and insects.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Pitta
Species: Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863