Black-crowned pitta

Not to be confused with Erythropitta venusta, also sometimes known as the black-crowned pitta.

Black-crowned pitta
E. ussheri in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. ussheri
Binomial name
Erythropitta ussheri
(Gould, 1877)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pitta ussheri Sharpe, 1877
  • Pitta venusta Gould, 1877
  • Pitta granatina Gould, 1877
  • Pitta ussheri Gould, 1877

The black-crowned pitta (Erythropitta ussheri), also known as the black-headed pitta, black-and-crimson pitta, black-and-scarlet pitta or black-crowned garnet pitta, is a brightly coloured, ground-dwelling, bird species in the pitta family. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.[3] It was described by John Gould in 1877, with the type locality recorded as the Lawas River in northern Sarawak.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Erythropitta ussheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22732662A185954992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22732662A185954992.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Black-and-crimson Pitta". Avibase.
  3. ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
  4. ^ Lambert, Frank & Woodcock, Martin (1996). Pittas, Broadbills and Asities. Mountfield, UK: Pica Press. pp. 146–148. ISBN 1-873403-24-0.