New Britain pitta
| New Britain pitta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Erythropitta |
| Species: | E. gazellae
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythropitta gazellae (Neumann, 1908)
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The New Britain pitta (Erythropitta gazellae) is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the Bismarck pitta, and some taxonomic authorities still consider it so. It is endemic to New Britain in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Erythropitta gazellae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103656466A112307607. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103656466A112307607.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.