Indian Pitta
Binomial Name: Pitta brachyura
A very favorite bird of the people of Bangladesh, The bird, isalso given different names depending on the area. The Indian
Pitta is a rare migratory bird of Bangladesh. They usually roamin pairs in deciduous evergreen forests, mangrove forests,
bamboo forests, and small scrub forests. They eat insects byturning over leaves on the forest floor. They come to this
country from India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka after traveling
thousands of miles to eat the insects under the moist leavesthat fall during the monsoons. Also spends the
May-August breeding season. They makeball-like nests of leaves, roots, and grass in
forest trees. Before winter comes, they return
to the rainfed areas.
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