They're So Shy But They Don't Need To Announce Themselves, This Rainbow-Colored Bird Stands Out Every Single Time

The Blue-Winged Pitta is among the world's array of exotic birds, but its colorfulness puts it in a class of its own.

Elisha

• Published in Animal Stories
• November 11, 2021

Let's talk about a bird that looks like a rainbow, it is adorned with eye-catching rainbow-colored tones. Birders and photographers, in fact any lover of nature, have long since considered this bird thoroughly worth seeing.

This bird is an extremely shy bird preferring not to appear often in the open. It is quite the direct opposite of the peacock who loves to display its glamorous colors.

This lustrous bird lives in rainy, damp wooded areas because it is a perching bird, it can be found in parks, gardens, shrub lands, woodlands, and plantations. However, this bird avoids dense forests.

This much talked about bird is a passerine bird (any bird of the order Passeriformes) in the Pittidae family. The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a bird with highly prominent colors having a buff (brownish yellow) stripe just above its eyes. It has a white collar, greenish upper-parts, a glowing red vent, buff underparts and blue wings patterned with black and white.

Although, younger ones are patterned the same way as the adults, their plumage and ornamental feathers seem to be a little duller.

You probably want to know more about this awesome bird. Let's check out some interesting facts and amaze-wing photos of the blue-winged pitta.

Classification

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a bird of the Pittidae family and a species of songbird belonging to the genus Pitta and classified under the class Aves.

They are birds that shy away from the camera

If you love birds and want to see the blue-winged pitta, you will have to venture out into the shrub lands and forests of Malaysia and parks in India.

Pittas are small-sized

Pittas are moderately sized and adorable, in no time, you'll be falling for the captivating charm of this bird species, you simply can't help it.

These birds are effortlessly cute

A baby pitta is a chick, while an adult is called either a cock or hen for males and females respectively.

Try as much as possible to always be yourself-unless you can be a bird

Bird watching

I don't know about you, but a bird is joy incarnate

As universal as a bird...

My favorite weather is bird watching weather

It is said that when birds look at something, they tilt their head in a quizzical expression

The early bird gets the worm

What Do They Eat: The blue-winged pitta feeds on snails, crickets, ants, earthworms and a wide variety of insects.

Pittas are not dangerous at all, they pose no threat whatsoever

Although it's not be researched on if they could be kept as pets, they did just fine when mixed with other bird species, exhibiting no form of aggression at all.

Pitta juvenile

What Does A Pitta Juvenile Look Like: Juveniles have a paler coloration and a red-tipped bill.

A blue-winged pitta can live for more than five years

Birds are a miracle

Breeding

The blue-winged pitta breeds when it is spring, its average litter size is 4-5 eggs, it usually has its nest on the ground. These eggs are incubated by both the male (cock) and female (hen), its incubation period ranges from 15-17 days, that's less than three weeks.

A forest bird never wants a cage

Yes, birds over airplanes

Still adorable in a dark-themed picture

Geographical range

The blue-winged pitta can be found mostly in India, it's range extends into Southeast Asia. Pittas are quite plentiful in places like Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, it is quite rare in Southern China though.

As free as a bird

A bird's eye view

A Pitta Can Hide In Plain Sight

The blue-winged pitta is adept at camouflaging, and hiding away from sight, it probably just loves its space, lol.

Almost looks like a painting at first glance

Pittas just like any other bird are indicators of the environment

I like the idea of taking off like a bird

The presence of a bird means a lot to the bird watcher

Pittas are as radiant as they're colored

A garden where birds do not find a home is poor

A bird is three things: Feathers, flight and song

To see a bird, one has to become a part of the silence arond it

It is relieving however to find out that the blue-winged pitta is not an endangered species, unlike most glamorous birds. The species is quite abundant in his geographical location as Pittas are migratory birds preferring to spend winter vacations in either the Sumatra islands or Malaysia.

The blue-winged pitta will grab your attention and taking a look at these photos is definitely worth your time. Please, feel free to share with your friends, family or anyone at all who's a big fan of birds. To share is to care

Elisha