Black-faced Pitta (Pitta anerythra)
About the Black-faced Pitta
The black-faced pitta (Pitta anerythra) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea (subspecies pallida), and Choiseul Island (subspecies nigrifrons) as well as Santa Isabel Island (nominate form) in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss and most certainly by introduced predators and/or competitors. BirdLife Species Factsheet.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 17 recordings for this species: 16 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue-winged PittaPitta moluccensisrecording
- Elegant PittaPitta elegansrecording
- Indian PittaPitta brachyurarecording
- Ornate PittaPitta concinnarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.