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Last year, the Forest department had sighted 179 Mangrove pitta birds during the first ever census carried out to count the birds in the national park.

Upon examining its morphological features, Que tentatively identified it as an Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura), a bird that had never been recorded in the country.

According to Subhadarshani, these birds play an important part in the ecosystem of Bhitarkanika’s mangrove forests. They act as insect controllers since they eat a large number of them.

An extremely rare to see and stunning Noisy Pitta bird has been rescued and released in the Byron Shire. "The following morning it was offered food which it readily accepted.

Last year, forest officials had sighted 179 mangrove pitta birds during the first-ever census of the bird species in Bhitarkanika.