Graceful pitta
| Graceful pitta | |
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| Taken at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Erythropitta |
| Species: | E. venusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythropitta venusta Müller, 1835 | |
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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.
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Illustration by Nicolas Hüet_(20269391674)_(cropped).jpg)
Adult and immature
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropitta venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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