Biology:New Britain pitta
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Short description: Species of bird
New Britain pitta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pittidae |
Genus: | Erythropitta |
Species: | E. gazellae
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Binomial name | |
Erythropitta gazellae (Neumann, 1908)
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The New Britain pitta (Erythropitta gazellae) is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the Bismarck pitta, and some taxonomic authorities still consider it so. It is endemic to New Britain in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Erythropitta gazellae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103656466A112307607. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103656466A112307607.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103656466/112307607. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q55111968 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New Britain pitta.
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