Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Sangihe pitta (Erythropitta caeruleitorques), recorded as Endangered
Sangihe pitta (Erythropitta caeruleitorques). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Sangihe pitta

Erythropitta caeruleitorques

Sangihe pitta is a perching bird in the family Pittidae (order Passeriformes) — Erythropitta caeruleitorques, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Erythropitta caeruleitorques
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Pittidae · Pitta

The perching bird

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in Sulawesi, Manterawu, and Togian Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Sangihe pitta is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Sangihe pitta — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q21266124. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Sangihe pitta?
Sangihe pitta is a perching bird in the family Pittidae (order Passeriformes) — Erythropitta caeruleitorques.
What is the conservation status of Sangihe pitta?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Erythropitta caeruleitorques. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Sangihe pitta live?
It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in Sulawesi, Manterawu, and Togian Islands.
Why is Sangihe pitta in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Erythropitta caeruleitorques?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Sangihe pitta a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.