Where can you see an Ornate Pitta?

The Ornate Pitta is endemic to Indonesia, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to an Ornate Pitta?

The Ornate Pitta is most easily confused with the Fairy Pitta, the Eastern Hooded Pitta and the Ivory-breasted Pitta.

Is the Ornate Pitta endangered?

The Ornate Pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Ornate Pitta

Pitta concinna

The Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna) is a rare pitta found only in Indonesia. The ornate pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.

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Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 1 — Photo: Legawa, Everest C. · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 2 — Photo: Legawa, Everest C. · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 3 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 4 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 5 — Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 6 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 7 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 8 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 9 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna), photo 10 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Ornate Pitta

The ornate pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Where it lives

Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in August. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does an Ornate Pitta look like?: The ornate pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.
Where can you see an Ornate Pitta?: The Ornate Pitta is endemic to Indonesia, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to an Ornate Pitta?: The Ornate Pitta is most easily confused with the Fairy Pitta, the Eastern Hooded Pitta and the Ivory-breasted Pitta.
Is the Ornate Pitta endangered?: The Ornate Pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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