Black-crowned pitta

Black-crowned pitta
E. ussheri in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species:
E. ussheri
Binomial name
Erythropitta ussheri
(Gould, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Pitta ussheri Sharpe, 1877
  • Pitta venusta Gould, 1877
  • Pitta granatina Gould, 1877
  • Pitta ussheri Gould, 1877
Not to be confused with Erythropitta venusta, also sometimes known as the black-crowned pitta.

The black-crowned pitta (Erythropitta ussheri), also known as the black-headed 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 in northern Sarawak.

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