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Black-faced pitta
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Pitta
Species: P. anerythra
Binomial name
Pitta anerythra
Rothschild, 1901
The Distribution of the Black-faced Pitta

The black-faced pitta (Pitta anerythra) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea (subspecies pallida), and Choiseul Island (subspecies nigrifrons) as well as Santa Isabel Island (nominate form) in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss and most certainly by introduced predators and/or competitors.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pitta anerythra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22698703A93698774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698703A93698774.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Pitta anerythra


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