Tabar pitta
Tabar pitta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pittidae |
Genus: | Erythropitta |
Species: | E. splendida
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Binomial name | |
Erythropitta splendida (Mayr, 1955)
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The Tabar pitta (Erythropitta splendida) is a species of the pitta bird. It was considered a subspecies of the Bismarck pitta, and some taxonomic authorities still consider it so. It is endemic to the Tabar Group in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International 2019. (2019). "Erythropitta splendida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T56802A85876942.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Erythropitta
- Birds of Papua New Guinea
- Birds described in 1955