black-headed pitta (Erythropitta ussheri) Black-headed pitta (Erythropitta ussheri) at night, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Description
English: Black-crowned pitta (Pitta ussheri), Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Date 10 May 2015, 20:56:25
Source Own work, from Sharp Photography, http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
Author Charlesjsharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-crowned_pitta_(Pitta_ussheri).jpg
The black-headed pitta (Erythropitta ussheri), also known as the black-crowned pitta, black-and-crimson pitta, black-and-scarlet pitta or black-crowned garnet pitta, is a brightly coloured, ground-dwelling, bird species in the pitta family. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It was described by John Gould in 1877, with the type locality recorded as the Lawas River. The pitta was formerly considered a subspecies of the garnet pitta but was split because of morphological and vocal differences as well as apparent parapatry. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Pittidae, Genus: Erythropitta, Species: Erythropitta ussheri (Gould, 1877).
Synonyms:
Pitta ussheri Gould, 1877
Pitta granatina ussheri