Green-breasted pitta
Pitta reichenowi G. Madarász, 1901
The green-breasted pitta (Pitta reichenowi) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 65.4 g to 82.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the green-breasted pitta
- Weight
- 65.4 g – 82.1 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 – 2.7src 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 green-breasted pitta live?
Not recorded
What is the green-breasted pitta?
The green-breasted pitta (Pitta reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is one of only two Pitta species in Africa, and is found in deep forest of the tropics.
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Is the green-breasted pitta endangered?
The green-breasted 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 green-breasted pitta classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPittidae
- genusPitta
- SpeciesPitta reichenowi G. Madarász, 1901
Synonyms Pitta angolensis reichenowi
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- GroenborspittaAfrikaans
- بيتا أخضر الصدرArabic
- pita de pit verdCatalan
- pita konžskáCzech
- pita zelenoprsáCzech
- pita bronwyrddWelsh
- Grønbrystet PittaDanish
- GrünbrustpittaGerman
- verdabrusta pitoEsperanto
- Pita pechiverdeSpanish
- kongo pitaEstonian
- پیتای سینهسبزPersian
- kongonpittaFinnish
- Brève à poitrine verteFrench
- zelenoprsa pitaCroatian
- zöldmellű pittaHungarian
- Pitta pettoverdeItalian
- アオムネヤイロチョウJapanese
- žaliakrūtė pitaLithuanian
- GroenborstpittaDutch
- grønnbrystpittaNorwegian
- kurtaczek zielonopierśnyPolish
- ہری چھاتیوالا نورنگاWestern Panjabi
- pita-de-peito-verdePortuguese
- Зеленогрудая питтаRussian
- Zelenogruda pitaSerbian
- grönbröstad juveltrastSwedish
- Yeşil Göğüslü PittaTurkish
- піта зеленоволаUkrainian
- Đuôi cụt ngực lụcVietnamese
- 非洲綠胸八色鶇Chinese
- 綠胸八色鳥〔黃眉八色鳥〕Chinese
- 非洲绿胸八色鸫Chinese
Relatives of the green-breasted 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
CompareGreen-breasted pitta vs Indian pittaGreen-breasted pitta vs Western hooded pittaGreen-breasted pitta vs Blue-winged pittaGreen-breasted pitta vs African pitta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green-breasted pitta?
An adult green-breasted pitta weighs 65.4 g – 82.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the green-breasted pitta endangered?
The green-breasted 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 green-breasted pitta?
The green-breasted pitta (Pitta reichenowi) 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
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