North Moluccan pitta
| North Moluccan pitta | |
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| Specimen at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Erythropitta |
| Species: | E. rufiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythropitta rufiventris (Heine, 1860) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erythropitta erythrogaster rufiventris | |
The North Moluccan pitta (Erythropitta rufiventris) is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs on the northern Moluccas. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
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