Bismarck pitta

The Bismarck pitta or New Ireland pitta (Erythropitta novaehibernicae) is a species of pitta. It was formerly considered conspecific with the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Bismarck pitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. novaehibernicae
Binomial name
Erythropitta novaehibernicae
(EP Ramsay, 1878)
Synonyms

Erythropitta erythrogaster novaehibernicae

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Erythropitta novaehibernicae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103656476A112307950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103656476A112307950.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.


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