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Blue-winged pitta

Pitta moluccensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 74.3 g to 76 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://tiny.jjharrison.com.au/t/2OnEt6FLISgNaKoR ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-winged pitta

Weight
74.3 g – 76 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.6src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-winged pitta live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-winged pitta?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas, the Indian pitta (P. brachyura), the fairy pitta (P. nympha) and the mangrove pitta (P. megarhyncha). A colourful bird, it has a black head with a buff stripe above the eye, a white collar, greenish upper parts, blue wings, buff underparts and a reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia, Indonesia, southern China and the Philippines. Its habitat is moist woodland, parks and gardens and it avoids dense forest. It feeds mainly on insects and worms. It breeds in the spring, building an untidy spherical nest on the ground, often near water and between tree roots. A clutch of about five eggs is laid and incubated by both parents, hatching after about sixteen days.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-winged pitta” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-winged_pitta&oldid=1380565733), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the blue-winged pitta sound like?

Alasdair Forbes · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the blue-winged pitta endangered?

The blue-winged pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the blue-winged pitta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPittidae
  6. genusPitta
  7. SpeciesPitta moluccensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Cervinipitta kimbleyensis, Corvus brachyurus madagascariensis, Pitta cyanoptera, Pitta fastosa, Pitta moluccensis lepta, Pitta moluccensis moluccensis, Turdus macrourus fasciatus, Turdus moluccensis

Other names and names in other languages (49)
  • بيتا أزرق الأجنحةArabic
  • Синьокрила питаBulgarian
  • pita d'ales blavesCatalan
  • pita modrokřídláCzech
  • pita MolwcaiddWelsh
  • Blåvinget PittaDanish
  • BlauflügelpittaGerman
  • Kleine BlauflügelpittaGerman
  • SpiegelpittaGerman
  • bluflugila pitoEsperanto
  • Pita aliazulSpanish
  • peegelpitaEstonian
  • پیتای بالآبیPersian
  • sateenkaaripittaFinnish
  • Brève à ailes bleuesFrench
  • modrokrila pitaCroatian
  • kékszárnyú pittaHungarian
  • Paok hujanIndonesian
  • Paok-bersayap BiruIndonesian
  • Pitta alibluItalian
  • Pitta delle MoluccheItalian
  • ミナミヤイロチョウJapanese
  • 푸른날개팔색조Korean
  • molukinė pitaLithuanian
  • Малуку питтаWestern Mari
  • Burung Pacat Sayap BiruMalay
  • BåvingepittaNorwegian Bokmål
  • BlauwvleugelpittaDutch
  • blåvingepittaNorwegian
  • kurtaczek modroskrzydłyPolish
  • نیلپرا نورنگاWestern Panjabi
  • pita-d'asa-azulPortuguese
  • pita-de-asa-azulPortuguese
  • Молуккская питтаRussian
  • Синекрылая питтаRussian
  • Молуку питтатаYakut
  • pita modrokrídlaSlovak
  • Plavokrila pitaSerbian
  • blåvingad juveltrastSwedish
  • นกแต้วแร้วธรรมดาThai
  • นกแต้วแล้วธรรมดาThai
  • Mavi Kanatlı PittaTurkish
  • піта синьокрилаUkrainian
  • Đuôi cụt cánh xanhVietnamese
  • 蓝翅八色鸫Chinese
  • 藍翅八色鳥Chinese
  • 藍翅八色鶇Chinese
  • 馬來藍翅八色鳥Chinese
  • 马来八色鸫Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the blue-winged pitta

Other species in the same genus Pitta.

LC, Least Concern

Indian pitta

Pitta brachyura

PittidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-winged pitta?

An adult blue-winged pitta weighs 74.3 g – 76 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-winged pitta endangered?

The blue-winged pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blue-winged pitta?

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) belongs to the family Pittidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_winged_pitta_2026,
  title = {Blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-pitta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}