The Elegant Pitta is notable for its blue rump and cinnamon-colored underparts. It occurs on islands from the Lesser Sundas to the Moluccas and eats beetles and small snails.
Its head and hindneck are black, with dark green upperparts. The rump is blue, and the underparts are cinnamon-colored with a black-and-red patch at the center of the belly.
It eats small beetles and snails, along with other invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.