Gurney's Pitta
Hydrornis gurneyi
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Birds
Gurney's pitta is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations mainly in Myanmar. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British banker and amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney (1819-1890). Its diet consists of slugs, insects, and earthworms.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pittidae
- Genus
- Hydrornis