The Garnet Pitta is a small pitta marked with red, blue, and black. It searches for small prey around leaf litter and damp soil.
The sexes are similar. Adults have a black head with dark red on the hindcrown and nape, a blue stripe behind the eye, and red underparts. Juveniles are mostly brown.
It lives in dense lowland forest and probes leaf litter and damp soil for insects and small snails. It also eats fruit.
IUCN Red List · Near Threatened (NT) · Global