---
title: "Fairy Pitta"
description: "Pitta nympha — Birds. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fairy-pitta
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fairy Pitta

> Pitta nympha — Birds. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Pitta nympha*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 761
- Wikidata: [Q494888](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494888)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14458](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14458)

## Names

- en: Fairy Pitta
- de: Nymphenpitta
- fr: Brève migratrice
- nl: Chinese pitta
- pt: Pita-de-asa-azul
- pl: Kurtaczek blady

## Countries with the most observations

TW (165), CN (90), SG (90), TH (77), KR (72), HK (23), MO (13), ID (6), VN (6)

## Photo

![Fairy Pitta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fairy-pitta/medium.jpg)

Photo: Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.49512_2_-_Pitta_nympha_Temminck_%26_Schlegel,_1850_-_Pittidae_-_bird_skin_specimen.jpeg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fairy-pitta?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).