Graceful pitta
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| Graceful pitta | |
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| Taken at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Erythropitta |
| Species: | E. venusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythropitta venusta (Müller S., 1836)
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The graceful pitta (Erythropitta venusta), sometimes alternatively known as the black-crowned pitta (although this term is more regularly applied to E. ussheri), is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It occurs in Sumatra and Indonesia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gallery[edit]
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Illustration by Nicolas Hüet
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Adult and immature
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References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Erythropitta venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22698667A93696083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698667A93696083.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links[edit]
- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
- Image at ADW Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
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