Indian pitta

NH-B-

Indian pitta

NH-B-

Description

Scientific Name: Pitta brachyura
Local name of Indian Pitta is Nawarang. The Indian pitta species is distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Insects, insect larvae, ants, termites, beetles, spiders, cicadas and crickets, earthworms, small snails and millipedes are their primary food. It is mainly terrestrial in habits, but roosts at night in low trees.

Collection

Natural History

Object Type

Bird

Material

Skin with feathers

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