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title: "Blauwvleugelpitta"
description: "Pitta moluccensis — Vogels. The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-winged-pitta
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blauwvleugelpitta

> Pitta moluccensis — Vogels. The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae.

- Scientific name: *Pitta moluccensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1077
- Wikidata: [Q266705](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266705)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14415](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14415)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Pitta
- de: Kleine Blauflügelpitta
- es: Pita aliazul
- fr: Brève à ailes bleues
- nl: Blauwvleugelpitta
- pl: Kurtaczek modroskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

TH (402), SG (324), MY (107), VN (97), TW (24), ID (16), KH (11), MM (10), CN (3)

## Summary

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. 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…

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

## Photo

![Blauwvleugelpitta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-pitta/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nuraini Arsad · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360053140

## Machine access

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