Superb pitta
Pitta superba Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914
The superb pitta (Pitta superba) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 115 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
Quick facts about the superb pitta
- Weight
- 115 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
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the superb pitta live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The superb pitta is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the superb pitta?
The superb pitta (Pitta superba) is a large pitta that is endemic to Manus Island which lies to the north of Papua New Guinea.
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Is the superb pitta endangered?
The superb pitta is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- 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 Endangered species.
How is the superb pitta classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPittidae
- genusPitta
- SpeciesPitta superba Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- Black-backed pittaEnglish
- Black-backed pittaEnglish
- بيتا رائعArabic
- pita superbCatalan
- pita nádhernáCzech
- pita gwychWelsh
- ManuspittaGerman
- MohrenpittaGerman
- SchwarzrückenpittaGerman
- superba pitoEsperanto
- Pita soberbiaSpanish
- süsipitaEstonian
- manusinpittaFinnish
- Brève superbeFrench
- manuška pitaCroatian
- feketehátú pittaHungarian
- Pitta superbaItalian
- セグロヤイロチョウJapanese
- puikioji pitaLithuanian
- PrachtpittaDutch
- satengpittaNorwegian
- kurtaczek wspaniałyPolish
- پٹا سپرباWestern Panjabi
- pita-soberbaPortuguese
- pita-do-almirantadoPortuguese
- Великолепная питтаRussian
- Черноспинная питтаRussian
- pita skvostnáSlovak
- Plavokrila crna pitaSerbian
- manusjuveltrastSwedish
- Muhteşem PittaTurkish
- піта королівськаUkrainian
- Đuôi cụt toVietnamese
- 靓八色鸫Chinese
- 美丽八色鸫Chinese
- 美麗八色鶇Chinese
- 華麗八色鳥Chinese
Relatives of the superb 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
CompareSuperb pitta vs Indian pittaSuperb pitta vs Western hooded pittaSuperb pitta vs Blue-winged pittaSuperb pitta vs African pitta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the superb pitta?
An adult superb pitta weighs 115 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the superb pitta live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the superb pitta for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the superb pitta endangered?
The superb pitta is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the superb pitta?
The superb pitta (Pitta superba) 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.
- 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
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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