English: « Pitta granatina » = Erythropitta granatina (Garnet pitta) - male
Français : « Pitta granatina » = Erythropitta granatina (Brève grenadine) - mâle
Date 1838
Source Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux https://archive.org/stream/Nouveaurecueild2Temm#page/506/mode/2up
Author Nicolas Huet (1770–1830); Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1768–1849)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erythropitta_granatina_1838.jpg


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