Blue-winged Pitta

Pitta moluccensis

Family: Pittas · Status: Common migrant and common resident · Size: 18–20.5 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Breeds from southwestern China and Indochina to the Thai-Malay Peninsula; northern populations winter in Indochina, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, and Indonesia.

Identification

Adult has blackish head with buff crown-sides and supercilium, black eyestripe, white throat with a small blackish chin patch, green upperparts, violet-blue upperwing coverts, and plain buff underparts with red vent. Juvenile resembles adult but has duller overall plumage.

Habitat

Parks, gardens, forests, wooded areas, and mangroves.