Erythropitta
Erythropitta | |
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Graceful pitta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Suborder: | Tyranni |
Family: | Pittidae |
Genus: | Erythropitta Bonaparte, 1854 |
Species | |
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Erythropitta is a genus of pitta. The genus contains six species, found mostly in South-east Asia, with one species ranging into Australia. The genus was formerly merged with the large genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.[1]
Species
- Genus: Erythropitta
- Whiskered pitta, Erythropitta kochi
- Red-bellied pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster
- Blue-banded pitta, Erythropitta arcuata
- Garnet pitta, Erythropitta granatina
- Black-headed pitta, Erythropitta ussheri
- Graceful pitta, Erythropitta venusta
References
- ↑ Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006). "Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35: 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x.
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