Erythropitta

Erythropitta
Black-crowned pitta, Erythropitta ussheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Bonaparte, 1854
Species

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Black-crowned pitta (E. ussheri) uttering whistles from a perch in Danum Valley, Sabah

Erythropitta is a genus of pitta. The members of the genus are found mostly in South-east Asia, with one species, the Papuan pitta, ranging into northeast Australia. The genus was formerly merged with the large genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.