Pitta versicolor
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noisy Pitta sighting in Springbrook National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 87th most-seen of the 136 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and June–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noisy Pitta in Springbrook National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and December, 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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Noisy Pitta sightings, Springbrook National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Noisy Pitta that you can see in Springbrook National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Lewin's Honeyeater (about 80%), Eastern Whipbird (about 80%) and Pied Currawong (about 70%), 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 Springbrook National Park (64 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.
