Graceful pitta
| Graceful pitta | |
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| Taken at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore | |
| Conservation status | |
| 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 (Pitta venusta), also known as the black-crowned pitta, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family which occurs in Sumatra, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Pitta venusta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
