Pittas (Pittidae)

Gurney's Pitta (Pitta gurneyi) - HBW 8, p. 142

French: Brève de Gurney German: Goldbrustpitta Spanish: Pita de Gurney
Other common names: Black-breasted Pitta

Taxonomy: Pitta Gurneyi Hume, 1875, southern Tenasserim, Myanmar.
On basis mainly of longer, graduated tail, sometimes placed in separate genus Eucichla, along with P. guajana and P. elliotii, and on occasion P. cyanea. Monotypic.

Distribution: Peninsular Thailand in Krabi Province (Khao Nor Chuchi), and possibly extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim).

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