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Mangrove pitta

Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 74.3 g to 106 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha)
Photo: John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mangrove pitta

Weight
74.3 g – 106 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 3.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mangrove pitta live?

Not recorded

What is the mangrove pitta?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to the eastern Indian subcontinent and western Southeast Asia. It is part of a superspecies where it is placed with the Indian pitta, the fairy pitta and the blue-winged pitta but has no recognized subspecies. A colourful bird, it has a black head with brown crown, white throat, greenish upper parts, buff underparts and reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia and Indonesia. It is found in mangrove and nipa palm forests where it feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and insects. Its call, sometimes rendered as wieuw-wieuw, is sung from a high perch on a mangrove tree.

From the Wikipedia article “Mangrove pitta” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mangrove_pitta&oldid=1364002894), 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.

Is the mangrove pitta endangered?

The mangrove pitta is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the mangrove pitta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPittidae
  6. genusPitta
  7. SpeciesPitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863

Synonyms Pitta moluccensis megarhyncha

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • بيتا كبير المنقارArabic
  • Мангрова питаBulgarian
  • প্যারা শুমচাBangla
  • pita dels manglarsCatalan
  • pita pobřežníCzech
  • Große BlauflügelpittaGerman
  • Mangroven-PittaGerman
  • mangrova pitoEsperanto
  • Pita de manglarSpanish
  • mangroovipitaEstonian
  • Brève des palétuviersFrench
  • Paok bakauIndonesian
  • Pitta delle mangrovieItalian
  • マングローブヤイロチョウJapanese
  • mangrovinė pitaLithuanian
  • kurtaczek namorzynowyPolish
  • مینگروو نورنگاWestern Panjabi
  • pita-dos-mangaisPortuguese
  • Мангровая питтаRussian
  • pita mangrovováSlovak
  • Mangrovska pitaSerbian
  • mangrovejuveltrastSwedish
  • นกแต้วแร้วป่าโกงกางThai
  • นกแต้วแล้วป่าชายเลนThai
  • นกแต้วแล้วป่าโกงกางThai
  • Mangrov PittasıTurkish
  • піта мангроваUkrainian
  • Đuôi cụt rừng đướcVietnamese
  • 紅樹八色鳥Chinese
  • 紅樹八色鶇Chinese
  • 红树八色鸫Chinese

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Relatives of the mangrove 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 mangrove pitta?

An adult mangrove pitta weighs 74.3 g – 106 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mangrove pitta endangered?

The mangrove pitta is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the mangrove pitta?

The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) belongs to the family Pittidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mangrove-pitta

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BibTeX
@misc{mangrove_pitta_2026,
  title = {Mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mangrove-pitta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}