Tabar pitta

The Tabar pitta (Erythropitta splendida) is a species of the pitta bird. It was considered a subspecies of the Bismarck pitta, and some taxonomic authorities still consider it so. It is endemic to the Tabar Group in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tabar pitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. splendida
Binomial name
Erythropitta splendida
(Mayr, 1955)

References

  1. BirdLife International 2019. (2019). "Erythropitta splendida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T56802A85876942.
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