Graceful Pitta

Taxobox
name = Graceful Pitta


status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Pittidae
genus = "Pitta"
species = "P. venusta"
binomial = "Pitta venusta"
binomial_authority = Müller, 1835
synonyms = The Graceful Pitta, "Pitta venusta", is a species of bird in the Pittidae family which occurs in Malaysia and Indonesia. The Malaysian form is sometimes split as the Black-headed Pitta, "Pitta ussheri" (Gould 1877), in which case the Graceful Pittais endemic to Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40293/all Pitta venusta] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=4014&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]