Clinging to the trunks of trees with their clawed fingers, trovamps are ideally placed to leap, dart-like, on-to their prey.
On each jaw the trovamp has two barbs formed from the canine teeth. When the jaw is closed they protrude to give the appearance of tusks.
A single animal may be parasitized by as many as ten trovamps at one time. Each trovamp is held fast to the creature's side by barbed teeth and curved front claws.
Male pittas guard their garem of females throughout the breeding season. Each female occupies a separate nest.