Pitta moluccensis; Print; The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to Australia and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas; the Indian pitta (P. brachyura); the fairy pitta (P. nympha) and the mangrove pitta (P. megarhyncha). A colourful bird; it has a black head with a buff stripe above the eye; a white collar; greenish upper parts; blue wings; buff underparts and a reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia; Indonesia; southern China and the Philippines. Its habitat is moist woodland; parks and gardens and it avoids dense forest. It feeds mainly on insects and worms. It breeds in the spring; building an untidy spherical nest on the ground; often near water and between tree roots. A clutch of about five eggs is laid and incubated by both parents; hatching after about sixteen days.; 1863-1876