Blue-banded pitta

Blue-banded pitta
	Illustration by Gould & Richter
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pittidae
Genus:	Erythropitta
Species:	E. arquata
Binomial name
	Erythropitta arquata; (Gould, 1871)
	Range of the blue-banded pitta
Synonyms
	Pitta arquata;

The blue-banded pitta (Erythropitta arquata) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia where it is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropitta arquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.

Alan P. Petersen Birds of the World

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[iucn-1] BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropitta arquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.