Identification
Unique-looking pitta of hill and submontane forests. Note bright red underparts, dull tan-orange face, dull blue-green back, and glittering silver-blue “necklace” and secondaries (similarly-colored line trailing down from behind the eye can be visible if seen well). Favors patches of forest with some disturbance, especially bamboo groves and fallen trees. Shy and elusive. Gives a whistle with a clipped ending; higher and more “fluty” than that of Black-crowned Pitta, and lacks the rising quality of that species’ and Garnet Pitta’s whistles.
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