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  PITTSBURG (KAN.) - LoveToKnow Article on PITTSBURG (KAN.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They are now placed as a separate family Pittidae of the Clamatores division of the Anisomyodine Passeres.
There are about fifty species, divided into a number of genera, confined to the Old World, and ranging from India and North China to Australia, New Guinea and New Britain, with one species in West Africa, the greatest number being found in Borneo and Sumatra.
Placed originally among the Pittidae, but now created to form an allied family Philepittidae, is the genus Philepitta, consisting of two species peculiar to Madagascar.
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 pitta on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Known also as jewel thrushes, pittas are thrushlike only in their shy, retiring habits; they are not closely related to any other birds.
The hard, glossy eggs usually number from two to seven per clutch, and are typically white or cream colored, with red or purple specklings and lilac or gray undermarkings.
Pittas are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Pittidae.
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 Heald Books
When a second edition of this work was issued most of the plates were redrawn by John Gould's artist, William Hart, and the text was completely rewritten.
The Pittidae described are native to Borneo, Nepal, Ceylon, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Cambodia amongst other places.
Their plumage is rendered in vibrant shades of blues, greens and reds, and the birds (many of whom are shown feeding their young) are placed against beautifully drawn landscapes.
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 Search Results for pittidae - Encyclopædia Britannica
The Paleotropical, or Afro-Tethyan, realm () is clearly divided into two regions, which are sometimes regarded as separate realms: the Afrotropical, which includes continental Africa south of the...
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The classification and sequence of families given here is essentially that proposed in 1971 by American ornithologist Oliver L. Austin, Jr., based on a 1960 classification by Alexander Wetmore, with...
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BBC News item reporting that one of the world's rarest birds, Gurney's Pitta, has been sighted again in Burma almost 90 years after it was last seen.
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