Pitta megarhyncha; Print; The mangrove pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) is a species of passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast Asia. It is part of a superspecies where it is placed with the Indian pitta; the fairy pitta and the blue-winged pitta but has no recognized subspecies. A colourful bird; it has a black head with brown crown; white throat; greenish upper parts; buff underparts and reddish vent area. Its range extends from India to Malaysia and Indonesia. It is found in mangrove and nipa palm forests where it feeds on crustaceans; mollusks and insects. Its call; sometimes rendered as wieuw-wieuw; is sung from a high perch on a mangrove tree.; 1872