Elegant pitta
Pitta elegans Temminck, 1836
The elegant pitta (Pitta elegans) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 56.6 g to 99.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the elegant pitta
- Weight
- 56.6 g – 99.3 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
- 2.4 – 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the elegant pitta live?
Not recorded
What is the elegant pitta?
The elegant pitta (Pitta elegans) is a species of passerine bird in the pitta family Pittidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found in the Lesser Sunda Islands and Moluccas.
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Is the elegant pitta endangered?
The elegant pitta is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 elegant pitta classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPittidae
- genusPitta
- SpeciesPitta elegans Temminck, 1836
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- بيتا أنيقArabic
- pita elegantCatalan
- pita ozdobnáCzech
- pita zdobenáCzech
- pita cainWelsh
- PragtpittaDanish
- SchmuckpittaGerman
- eleganta pitoEsperanto
- Pita eleganteSpanish
- hundpitaEstonian
- پیتای الگانسPersian
- siropittaFinnish
- kaunopittaFinnish
- Brève éléganteFrench
- žutoprsa pitaCroatian
- ékszerpittaHungarian
- Paok lausIndonesian
- Paok La'usIndonesian
- Pitta eleganteItalian
- ティモールノドグロヤイロチョウJapanese
- インドネシアノドグロヤイロチョウJapanese
- elegantiškoji pitaLithuanian
- OrnaatpittaDutch
- Elegante PittaDutch
- kurtaczek ozdobnyPolish
- اشناک نورنگاWestern Panjabi
- pita-elegantePortuguese
- Стройная питтаRussian
- pita pôvabnáSlovak
- Žutoobrvasta kitnjasta pitaSerbian
- praktjuveltrastSwedish
- Ekru Göğüslü PittaTurkish
- піта жовтоброваUkrainian
- Đuôi cụt ElegantVietnamese
- 優雅八色鳥Chinese
- 华丽八色鸫Chinese
- 華麗八色鳥Chinese
Relatives of the elegant pitta
Other species in the same genus Pitta.
Indian pitta
Pitta brachyura
Western hooded pitta
Pitta sordida
Blue-winged pitta
Pitta moluccensis
African pitta
Pitta angolensis
Rainbow pitta
Pitta iris
Fairy pitta
Pitta nympha
CompareElegant pitta vs Indian pittaElegant pitta vs Western hooded pittaElegant pitta vs Blue-winged pittaElegant pitta vs African pitta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the elegant pitta?
An adult elegant pitta weighs 56.6 g – 99.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the elegant pitta endangered?
The elegant 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 elegant pitta?
The elegant pitta (Pitta elegans) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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