Black-faced Pitta

Pitta anerythra

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestDomed nestMedium · 86 g

When to see the Black-faced Pitta

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-faced Pitta

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-faced Pitta

The black-faced pitta is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, and Choiseul Island as well as Santa Isabel Island 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.

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