Garnet pitta
Erythropitta granatina (Temminck, 1830)
The garnet pitta (Erythropitta granatina) is a species in the family Pittidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 55.4 g to 61.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the garnet pitta
- Weight
- 55.4 g – 61.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the garnet pitta live?
Not recorded
What is the garnet pitta?
The garnet pitta (Erythropitta granatina) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. The form occurring in the Malaysian state of Sabah has been split as the black-crowned pitta (Erythropitta ussheri).
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Is the garnet pitta endangered?
The garnet pitta is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.
How is the garnet pitta classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPittidae
- genusErythropitta
- SpeciesErythropitta granatina (Temminck, 1830)
Synonyms Pitta granatina
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- بيتا عقيقيArabic
- pita granatCatalan
- Pita cochWelsh
- GranatpittaDanish
- granata pitoEsperanto
- Pita granateSpanish
- väikepitaEstonian
- پیتای گارنتPersian
- korupittaFinnish
- Brève grenadineFrench
- blistava pitaCroatian
- gránátpittaHungarian
- Paok delimaIndonesian
- Pitta granataItalian
- Pitta granatinaItalian
- ムラサキヤイロチョウJapanese
- granatinė pitaLithuanian
- GranaatpittaDutch
- kurtaczek granatowyPolish
- لعل نورنگاWestern Panjabi
- pita-granadaPortuguese
- pita-granadinaPortuguese
- Гранатовая питтаRussian
- pita granátováSlovak
- Rubin pitaSerbian
- granatjuveltrastSwedish
- นกแต้วแล้วแดงมลายูThai
- Lal Başlıklı PittaTurkish
- піта гранатоваUkrainian
- Đuôi cụt hồng lựuVietnamese
- 榴紅八色鶇Chinese
- 榴红八色鸫Chinese
- 石榴紅八色鳥Chinese
Relatives of the garnet pitta
Other species in the same genus Erythropitta.
Philippine pitta
Erythropitta erythrogaster
Blue-banded pitta
Erythropitta arquata
Whiskered pitta
Erythropitta kochi
Graceful pitta
Erythropitta venusta
Black-crowned pitta
Erythropitta ussheri
Sula pitta
Erythropitta dohertyi
CompareGarnet pitta vs Philippine pittaGarnet pitta vs Blue-banded pittaGarnet pitta vs Whiskered pittaGarnet pitta vs Graceful pitta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the garnet pitta?
An adult garnet pitta weighs 55.4 g – 61.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the garnet pitta endangered?
The garnet pitta is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the garnet pitta?
The garnet pitta (Erythropitta granatina) belongs to the family Pittidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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