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Gurney's pitta

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Its population was estimated at a mere nine pairs in 1997, then believed one of the rarest bird species on earth. A search for it in Burma in 2003 was successful and discovered that the species persisted at four sites with a maximum of 10-12 pairs at one location. This granted the species a
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A study conducted in 2016, led by scientist Nay Myo Shwe, visited 142 sites the pitta has been previously observed in Myanmar; it was only in 41 that any trace of the bird was found. It was estimated that more than 80% of the bird's habitat was lost from 1999-2017, due to
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Donald, Paul F.; Aratrakorn, Sirirak; Htun, Thura Win; Eames, Jonathan C.; Hla, Htin; Thunhikorn, Somying; Sribua-Rod, Kriangsak; Tinun, Pinyo; Aung, Sein Myo; Zaw, Sa Myo; Buchanan, Graeme M. (2009).
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Eames, Jonathan C.; Hla, Htin; Leimgruber, Peter; Kelly, Daniel S.; Aung, Sein Myo; Moses, Saw; Tin, U. Saw Nyunt; Tinun, Pinyo; Aung, Sein Myo; Zaw, Sa Myo; Buchanan, Graeme M. (2005).
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The male has a blue crown and black-and-yellow underparts; the rest of the head is black, and it has warm brown upperparts. The female has a brown crown and buffy-whitish underparts.
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Parts of this article (those related to the bird's likely extirpation from Thailand and recent rapid decline in Myanmar) need to be
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plantations; the IUCN subsequently re-assessed the species status as critically endangered. The pitta is considered
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Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.).
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in Myanmar and an estimate of its population size based on remaining forest cover"
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Irestedt, M.; Ohlson, J.I.; Zuccon, D.; Källersjö, M.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2006).
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The pitta was voted the "most wanted bird in Thailand" by
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Gurney's pitta was described by the amateur ornithologist
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Conservation status
Critically Endangered
IUCN 3.1
CITES
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Pittidae
Hydrornis
Binomial name
Hume
Synonyms
Thai
passerine
bird
Malay Peninsula
Myanmar
John Henry Gurney
Allan Octavian Hume
binomial name
genus
Hydrornis
molecular phylogenetic
Edward Blyth

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