LOCAL NAMES

• Local Names : Avichchiya, Navrang, අවිච්චියා, இந்திய பிட்டா, भारतीय पित्त, ভারতীয় পিট্টা, ഇന്ത്യൻ പിറ്റ, भारतीय पिट्टा, ભારતીય પિટ્ટા, انڈین پٹا, দেশি শুমচা, નવરંગ, नवरंग, ನವರಂಗ, കാവി, नवरंग, गाजले पिट्टा, தோட்டக்கள்ளன்
• Chinese (SIM) 印度八色鸫
• Czech pita devítibarvá
• Dutch Negenkleurige Pitta
• English Indian Pitta
• English (United States) Indian Pitta
• French Brève du Bengale
• French (French Guiana) Brève du Bengale
• German Bengalenpitta
• Icelandic Blápjátra
• Japanese インドヤイロチョウ
• Malayalam കാവി
• Marathi नवरंग
• Norwegian indiapitta
• Polish kurtaczek bengalski
• Russian Индийская питта
• Serbian Indijska pita
• Slovak pita pestrá
• Spanish Pita India
• Spanish (Spain) Pita india
• Swedish indisk juveltrast
• Turkish Hint Pittası
• Ukrainian Піта короткохвоста

DESCRIPTION

A colorful stubby-tailed bird, also known as “Navrang,” translated as “nine colors.” Colors are most striking when the bird is in flight. it is 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. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard at dawn and dusk around 6 o’clock. for this reason, it is also called the 6 o’ Clock bird. Although very colourful, it is usually shy and hidden in the undergrowth where it picks insects on the forest floor. Called Avichchiya, Migrant spread all around Sri Lanka. Its not unusual to find large flocks even in Colombo. But they will be exhausted when they arrive.