Rainbow Pitta
Pitta iris
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The rainbow pitta is a small passerine bird in the pitta family, Pittidae, endemic to northern Australia, most closely related to the superb pitta of Manus Island. It has a velvet black head with chestnut stripes above the eyes, olive green upper parts, black underparts, a bright red belly and an olive green tail. An Australian endemic, it lives in the monsoon forests and in some drier eucalypt forests.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pittidae
- Genus
- Pitta