Fairy Pitta
Pitta nympha
VulnerableAves · Passeriformes · Pittidae
About
The fairy pitta is a small and brightly colored species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae. Its diet mainly consists of earthworms, spiders, insects, slugs, and snails. The fairy pitta breeds in East Asia and migrates south to winter in Southeast Asia. Due to various habitat and anthropogenic disruptions, such as deforestation, wildfire, hunting, trapping, and cage-bird trade, the fairy pitta is rare and the population is declining in most places. Listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II, this bird is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Fun Fact
The bird here exclusively nests in coastal deciduous evergreen forests.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found in broadleaf evergreen or deciduous forest, whereas only 6.
Diet
Feeds on the ground, wandering solitarily.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Degradation
- Overexploitation
- Invasive Species
- Climate Change