Blue-banded pitta
| Blue-banded pitta | |
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| Illustration by Gould & Richter | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Erythropitta |
| Species: | E. arquata |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythropitta arquata Gould, 1871 | |
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| Range of the blue-banded pitta | |
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The blue-banded pitta (Erythropitta arquata) is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia where it is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropitta arquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- Alan P. Petersen Birds of the World
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