Old World suboscine

Old World suboscines, infraorder Eurylaimides is a group of suboscine passerines that include the asities, African broadbills, Asian green broadbills, and eurylaimid broadbills, pittas and the Sapayoa. Like their namesake, they are found in the Old World, however; the Sapayoa is found in the New World.

Description
Pittas are very colourful, with bright blues, greens, red and yellows, brightest on the head and underparts. Sexes similar, but in some banded species, with dull females. Young birds are dull, more brownish and mottled or spotted.

Behaviour
Broadbills feed upon insects and fruit, while Neodrepanis asities feed upon nectar, like the unrelated sunbirds, and Philepitta asities feed upon fruit, pittas feed upon insects from the forest floor. The pittas have an acute sense of smell and a secretive and rarely seen, despite its colourful plumage.