Blue-winged Pitta
A species of Typical Pittas Scientific name : Pitta moluccensis Genus : Typical Pittas
Blue-winged Pitta, A species of Typical Pittas
Botanical name: Pitta moluccensis
Genus: Typical Pittas
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Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Description
Measuring 180 to 205 mm (7.1–8.1 in) in length, the blue-winged pitta has a black head with a buff-coloured supercilium, white chin and buff underparts. The shoulders and mantle are greenish, the wings are bright blue, and the vent is reddish. The bill is black, eyes are brown and the legs pale pink. It has a very short tail. Juveniles have similar patterned plumage but are duller. It resembles the mangrove pitta but can be distinguished by its shorter bill. The loud call has been transcribed as taew-laew taew-laew. 
Size
20 cm
Feeding Habits
Blue-winged Pitta's diet primarily consists of worms, insects, and hard-shelled snails. It forages on the ground or from low perches, showcasing a preference for ground-hunting techniques.
Habitat
Blue-winged Pitta predominantly inhabits diverse forest environments ranging from moist and dry primary forests with varied undergrowth densities to mixed deciduous and secondary forests. Its habitat preferences extend to scrublands, bamboo thickets, and mangroves, as well as human-modified landscapes such as plantations and urban green spaces like parks and gardens, primarily during migration periods. Broadly, it is distributed across tropical lowland regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
The blue-winged pitta is regularly found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and has been found to be vagrant in Australia, Christmas Island, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests. P. moluccensis is found in a variety of habitats, up to an altitude of 800 m (2500 ft), including broadleaved forests, parks and gardens, and mangroves, though avoids dense rainforest. The range is much of southeast Asia and Indochina, from central Myanmar east through Thailand and into peninsular Malaysia. P. moluccensis is a winter visitor to Borneo and Sumatra, and a vagrant to the Philippines and Java. It is a rare vagrant to the northwestern coast of Australia.
Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Pittas Genus
Typical Pittas Species
Blue-winged Pitta 
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