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Graceful pitta

Not to be confused with Erythropitta ussheri, more regularly known as the black-crowned pitta.
Graceful pitta
Pitta venusta-20030928.jpg
Taken at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. venusta
Binomial name
Erythropitta venusta
(Müller S., 1836)
Synonyms
  • Pitta venusta

The graceful pitta (Erythropitta venusta), sometimes alternatively known as the black-crowned pitta (although another species is more regularly called black-crowned pitta (Erythropitta ussheri), is a species of bird in the family Pittidae which occurs in Sumatra, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Gallery

  • Illustration by Nicolas Hüet

  • Adult and immature

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropitta venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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