"Pitta" is a word in ENGLISH
Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds
belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of
the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green,
crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground
thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the
true thrushes.
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