Abundance: 0.06 to 2.85% (median 0.68%)

Latitudinal range: -19.0° to 29.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (17), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

Found in 20 samples

Australia: Paluma Range

China: Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, Jianfengling Forest Area (1000 m), Jianfengling Forest Area (200 m)

Indonesia: Linggoasri (selectively logged), Linggoasri (secondary 1), Linggoasri (secondary 2), Larut Matang District (oil palm plantation), Buton Utara

Malaysia: Pasoh Forest Reserve (virgin forest), Pasoh Forest Reserve (regenerating forest), Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (thirty year old logged forest)

Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh), Shasha Forest Reserve (61 mm mesh)

Philippines: Agusan Marsh Site 3, Mt Camagong

Republic of the Congo: Tsinguidi

Thailand: Srinakarin Dam (mist nets)

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (unlogged)

Vietnam: Cuc Phuong National Park (birds)

See also Pitta angolensis, Pitta elliotii, Pitta erythrogaster, Pitta granatina, Pitta guajana, Pitta moluccensis, Pitta nympha, Pitta reichenowi, Pitta sordida, Pitta soror, Pitta versicolor