Biology:New Britain pitta

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Short description: Species of bird

New Britain pitta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. gazellae
Binomial name
Erythropitta gazellae
(Neumann, 1908)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q55111968 entry