Threat LevelLeast Concern
(Pitta Iris)
Habitat
Rainbow Pittas live in rainforest, mangrove and eucalyptus forest. Their distribution is little pockets in vine forests in coastal Arnhem Lands, NT and northwestern Kimberleys, WA. Also Melville Island and Groote Eylandt.
Diet
They forage unobtrusively in the leaf litter of the forest floor hopping along, pausing to poke with the bill and to snatch and break open hard-shelled prey. Land snails, worms and ground-living insects are their staple diet.
Breeding
They are mainly terrestrial birds and breed from November to March. They build a large dome nest, varying to shallower, partly open nest that is approximately 110mm in diameter 40mm deep. They use sticks, leaves, grasses, pieces of dead bamboo to build the outside dome and lined with pieces of decaying wood and grass.
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$100 Donation
- Our regular $50 adoption pack PLUS
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- Terri Irwin khaki shirt
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