pittas

They tasted of tomatoes and soapy coriander seeds, and we ate them with warmed pittas to mop up the oily juices.

Rachel Cooke: my favourite foods 2010

In Kuala Lumpur, pittas are famous for smashing into windows during migration.

A post about birds Glenda Larke 2007

Whiskered pittas usually are found above 1,000 m in the Sierra Madre and Central Cordillera among oaks, 5-12 m high, with a fern and rhododendron understory.

Luzon montane rain forests 2007

In Kuala Lumpur, pittas are famous for smashing into windows during migration.

Archive 2007-11-01 Glenda Larke 2007

For years now I've used the wholemeal mini pittas and find that the simpler the flavours sauce, cheese, lamb or chicken, nothing GREEN the better received.

At My Table 2006

His tally included twelve pigeons, four falcons, nine honeyeaters, thirteen flycatchers, ten parrots or parrotlike species, a wood-swallow, three species of shrike, two pittas, five sunbirds, and eleven species from the kingfisher family.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

His tally included twelve pigeons, four falcons, nine honeyeaters, thirteen flycatchers, ten parrots or parrotlike species, a wood-swallow, three species of shrike, two pittas, five sunbirds, and eleven species from the kingfisher family.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

This, however, the officers objected to, for they knew by experience what would happen; the pittas had not accompanied them on their march for nothing.

Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

"De pittas, missie; de ant-thrushes, you call them," said the black woman, gleefully.

Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

The ants gorged with their prey could not escape: down pounced the pittas, and they certainly made the most of their opportunity.

Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various