The Latin name: Pitta guajana (Müller, 1776). This photo shows a male. The female is more drab in coloration.

There are two diverse lineages of passerine or perching birds. They are the oscines, with a complex vocal apparatus (syrinx), and the suboscines, with a simple, though variable vocal apparatus. The Pittidae
is one of the two families of suboscine passerine in the Old World (Africa and Asia).

The Pittidae is a relatively uniform family of medium-sized insectivorous terrestrial birds that is found mostly in the tropical and subtropical forests of Asia, Australia and intervening islands, with a few outlying species occuring on islands to the east of New Guinea and on mainland Africa. There are 32 species are in the genus Pitta. They are mostly brilliantly colored and rather thrush-like in their behaviour. The Banded Pitta is native from Peninsular Thailand to Malaysia. In Indonesia, it is found in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

Books: Pittas of the World

For backyard feeders: try Birds-Out-Back.