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A fact from Noisy pitta appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 December 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Noisy Pitta (pictured) uses an anvil when it feeds on the giant panda snail?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Noisy Pitta, Hedleyella falconeri.

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http://books.google.com/books?id=ZF8suAAACAAJ&dq=%22Noisy+Pitta%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bpXLUMfDKOmwyQHcxoDgCw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg Best of luck, ClaudeReigns (talk) 21:11, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:57, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pitta versicolor - Kembla Heights.jpg scheduled for POTD

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The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the pitta family, Pittidae, found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea, where it mainly occurs in rainforest, but sometimes in drier woodland and scrub. It is a shy bird, and its distinctive call is heard more often than the bird is seen. It forages on the forest floor, bobbing its head up and down and flicking its tail, searching for insects, woodlice, snails and other invertebrates. Its diet includes some fruit, and it cracks open the shells of molluscs on an anvil. This noisy pitta was photographed in Kembla Heights, New South Wales.

Photograph credit: John Harrison

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