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Pitta megarhyncha, Print, The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast 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., 1872.

Pitta megarhyncha, Print, The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast 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., 1872.
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Pitta megarhyncha, Print, The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast 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., 1872
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1872 • BLACK HEAD • BLUE-WINGED PITTA • BROWN CROWN • BUFF UNDERPARTS • CALL • COLOURFUL BIRD • CRUSTACEANS • EASTERN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT • FAIRY PITTA • FEEDS • GREENISH UPPER PARTS • HIGH PERCH • INDIA • INDIAN PITTA • INDONESIA • INDONESIAN FOLK ART • INDONESIAN • INSECTS • MALAYSIA • MANGROVE PITTA • MANGROVE TREE • MANGROVE • MOLLUSCA • MOLLUSCS • MOLLUSKS • NIPA PALM FORESTS • NO RECOGNIZED SUBSPECIES • PART • PASSERINE BIRD • PITTA MEGARHYNCHA • PITTIDAE FAMILY NATIVE • PLACED • PRINT • RANGE EXTENDS • REDDISH VENT AREA • SOMETIMES RENDERED • SPECIES • SUNG • SUPERSPECIES • WESTERN SOUTHEAST ASIA • WHITE THROAT • WIEUW-WIEUW