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Daintree
Rainforest Birdlife
photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust
Noisy Pitta
Pitta versicolour
Called the Devil-Devil bird by Aboriginal
people the Noisy Pitta is believed to steal their children by luring them into
the rainforest with its jewel like plumage and piercing "walk to
work" call.
Size
17-19 Centimetres.
Nest
Large dome of sticks at base of buttressed tree. The nest often has a "doormat" of animal dung.
Eggs
Three whitish blotched.
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