---
title: "Pita-da-índia"
description: "Pitta brachyura — Aves. The Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) also known as Navrang, is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/indian-pitta
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pita-da-índia

> Pitta brachyura — Aves. The Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) also known as Navrang, is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent.

- Scientific name: *Pitta brachyura*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 1423
- Wikidata: [Q655145](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655145)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14388)

## Names

- en: Indian Pitta
- de: Neunfarbenpitta
- es: Pita India
- fr: Brève du Bengale
- nl: Negenkleurige pitta
- pt: Pita-da-índia
- pl: Kurtaczek bengalski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1025), LK (161), BD (60), NP (16)

## Summary

The Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) also known as Navrang, is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent. It inhabits scrub jungle, deciduous and dense evergreen forest. It breeds in the forests of the Himalayas, hills of central and western India, and migrates to other parts of the peninsula in winter. Although very colourful, it is usually shy and hidden in the undergrowth where it picks insects on the forest floor. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard at dawn and dusk. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List as the population is considered large.

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

## Photo

![Pita-da-índia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indian-pitta/medium.jpg)

Photo: S.MORE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69553469

## Machine access

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