Bismarck pitta

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Bismarck pitta

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. novaehibernicae
Binomial name
Erythropitta novaehibernicae
(EP Ramsay, 1878)
Synonyms

Erythropitta erythrogaster novaehibernicae

The Bismarck pitta or New Ireland pitta (Erythropitta novaehibernicae) is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to the New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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