Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species is uncommon. It inhabits coastal mangroves and freshwater swamp forests in India (mainly West Bengal), Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. It nests during May-June (BirdLife International 2016).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining, and its current population size is unknown. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat degradation due to mangriove clearance for agriculture (BirdLife International 2016).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | |||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
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| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
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BirdLife International 2016. Pitta megarhyncha . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22698691A93697903. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698691A93697903.en. Accessed on 16 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863 – Mangrove Pitta. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/pitta-megarhyncha, accessed 2024/09/15.