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The Indian Pitta is a gaudy stub-tailed thrush-like bird, with green, blue, fluvous, black and white coloration, with crimson abdomen and under tail. In flight, one can see a round white spot near the tip of its wing. Both sexes are alike. It is found singly, on groun din undergrowth in scrub jungles.
It mainly terrestial, though it roosts in trees. It is fond of dry nullahs and ravines with tangled undergrowth. It hops along like thrush turning over dead leaves and digging into damp earth for insects and grubs which comprise its food. It wags its stumpy tail slowly and deliberately up and down. Its call consists of a loud clear double whistle, wheet-tew, uttered chiefly morning and evening, and oftener on cloudy, overcast days. Three or four birds sometimes answer one another from different directions. Its local migrations appear to be controlled by the SW monsoon.
Its nesting season is from May to August.
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