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ForestDomed nestMedium · 115 g
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The superb pitta is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long. It has black plumage with turquoise blue wings, a scarlet belly and green-tipped secondaries. The sexes are very similar but the female is a slightly smaller and duller than the male. As with other pittas, it is a secretive and rarely seen terrestrial bird. The diet consists mainly of snails.
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When to see the Superb Pitta
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Superb Pitta
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Superb Pitta
The superb pitta is a large pitta that is endemic to Manus Island which lies to the north of Papua New Guinea.
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Easily confused with
Minahasa Hooded PittaPitta forsteniThe Minahasa hooded pitta is a species of passerine bird in the pitta family Pittidae that is endemic to the Minahasa Peninsula at the north of the island of Sulawesi.
Nicobar Hooded PittaPitta abbottiThe Nicobar hooded pitta is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae that is endemic to the Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.
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