Graceful pitta
| Graceful pitta | |
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| Taken at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 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.
Gallery[]
Illustration by Nicolas Hüet
Adult and immature
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropitta venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Erythropitta
- Birds of Sumatra
- Birds described in 1835
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