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Pitta granatina = Erythropitta granatina (Garnet Pitta)
| Subject: | Pitta granatina = Erythropitta granatina (Garnet Pitta)
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Brève grenadine, male.
Pitta granatina
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Temminck pl. col. 506
Old Latin name Pitta granatina
New Latin name Pitta granatina
Common name Nederlands: Granaatpitta
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pitta_granatina_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16400269.tif
The Garnet Pitta (Erythropitta granatina) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. The bird is about 17 cm long and has a black head with a bright blue stripe at the eyebrows and a red cap. The breast is dark blue at the top, and carmine red beneath. The back and wings are bright blue. Juvenile pittas have a mostly brown color. The bird’s diet consists mainly of insects such as ants, wood grubs, cockroaches, and beetles.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species: Erythropitta granatina (Temminck, 1830)
Synonyms
- Pitta granatina |
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