Pitta versicolor
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. The noisy pitta is found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats earthworms, insects and snails. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Some authorities believe that the noisy pitta is conspecific with the elegant pitta (Pitta elegans) of Indonesia, and/or with the rainbow pitta (Pitta iris) from the Northern Territory, but it is usually regarded as forming a superspecies with these two species and with the black-faced pitta (Pitta anerythra) of the Solomon Islands. Not all authorities agree that all these species are related; Erritzoe and Erritzoe (1998) dispute the inclusion of the rainbow pitta in this superspecies.
There are two subspecies with a demarcation line around Cairns. Pitta versicolor simillima occurs in northern Queensland and the islands of the Torres Strait. The members of this subspecies migrate to the southern part of Papua New Guinea. The nominate race P. v. versicolor is found in the rest of Queensland and southward to the Hunter River in New South Wales... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Ipswich Nature Centre | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Noisy Pitta sighting in Noosa National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 128 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noisy Pitta in Noosa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Noisy Pitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Noisy Pitta sightings, Noosa National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 30%) and Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Noisy Pitta that you can see in Noosa National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Torresian Crow (about 80%), Noisy Miner (about 60%) and Noisy Friarbird (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Noisy Pitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Noosa National Park (19 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
