Graceful pitta

Graceful pitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. venusta
Binomial name
Erythropitta venusta
(Müller, S, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Pitta venusta

The graceful pitta (Erythropitta venusta), sometimes alternatively known as the black-crowned pitta (although this term is more regularly applied to E. ussheri), is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It occurs in Sumatra in Indonesia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Erythropitta venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22698667A93696083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698667A93696083.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.