Mangrove Pitta by Pratim Das
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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #666... OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...MANGROVE PITTA... WATERCOLOUR...A4... 2016..[ From Ref. photograph of MEGH ROYCHOUDHURY Maam]... The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in thePittidae family native to Southeast Asia and South Asia. It is part of a superspecies where it is placed with the Indian pitta, the fairy pitta and the blue-winged pitta but has no recognized subspecies. A colourful bird, it has a black head with brown crown, white throat, greenish upper parts, buff underparts and reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia and Indonesia. It is found in mangrove and nipa palm forests where it feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and insects. Its call, sometimes rendered as wieuw-wieuw, is sung from a high perch on a mangrove tree. Measuring 180 to 210 mm (7.1–8.3 in) in length. Juveniles have similar patterned plumage but are duller. It resembles the blue-winged pitta but can be distinguished by its much
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