© Wilbur Goh
© Ana Paula Oxom
© Andy Walker - Birding Ecotours

North Moluccan Pitta Erythropitta rufiventris

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Identification

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A distinctive plump, short-tailed, long-legged terrestrial forest bird with a conspicuous red belly and a broad band of electric blue above that. Head brown and body green. Forages on the ground in humid lowland and hill forest and also in neighboring secondary growth. Calls both from the forest floor and from low perches in the understory. Gives a soft two-note whistle with a quivering, longer first note: “whoooyoop-woo.”

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