---
title: "Noisy Pitta"
description: "Pitta versicolor — Birds. The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/noisy-pitta
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Noisy Pitta

> Pitta versicolor — Birds. The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.

- Scientific name: *Pitta versicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1402
- Wikidata: [Q605526](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605526)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14380](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14380)

## Names

- en: Noisy Pitta
- de: Lärmpitta
- es: Pìta bulliciosa
- fr: Brève versicolore
- nl: Australische pitta
- pl: Kurtaczek hałaśliwy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1314)

## Summary

The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.  The noisy pitta is found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats earthworms, insects and snails. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisy_pitta

## Photo

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

Photo: Jemma Montgomery · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351660946

## Machine access

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