Blue-winged Pitta

Description
The pitta is about 16 - 19 cm long.

It has a whitish throat with buff-brown sides to crown and a black streak down the center. Pale orange body with bright green wings. A cobalt-blue on shoulders and rump with a pinkish red mark in the underparts. When in flight, it has a white "window" in wings.

Similar species
Similar to the Noisy Pitta.

Distribution/habitat
Widespread from South to South-east Asia. Winter migrants to Borneo, Java, Sumatra. Also present in northwestern regions of Australia.

Found typically in rainforests, mangroves and native gardens.