Black-crowned pitta

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

Black-crowned pitta
E. ussheri in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. ussheri
Binomial name
Erythropitta ussheri
(Gould, 1877)
Synonyms
  • 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 Pittidae. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

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