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Revision as of 23:11, 12 July 2014
- Pitta reichenowi
Identification
17 - 19cm.
- Black head with broad golden-buff supercilium
- Deep green upperparts
- Sky-blue rump and tail-coverts
- Black tail
- Black wing-coverts with violet wash and tipped sky-blue, lesser coverts with much broader blue tips
- Blackish flight-feathers with paler tips, white patch on primaries
- White throat, small black patch on lower throat
- Dull green breast with golden-yellow gloss
- Red belly and undertail-coverts
- Black bill
- Pinkish to greyish-white feet
Sexes similar. Juveniles are much duller and browner than adults.
Similar species
African Pitta has a buff breast and less deep green upperparts.
Distribution
Cameroon to northern Gabon, south-western Central African Republic, Zaire and south-western Uganda.
Rarely seen.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Old secondary forest with dense undergrowth, also in primary forest and in old plantations.
Occurs from 1100 to 1400m in Uganda.
Behaviour
Feeds on caterpillars, beetles, beetle larvae, termites, maggots, millipedes, small centipedes, other insects and snails.
The domed nest is made of tiwegs, dead creeper stems and dead leaves. It's placed 1.5 to 2.5 m above the ground in a tree or fallen trunk. Lays 2-3 eggs.
Probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-breasted Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-breasted_Pitta
