Pitta megarhyncha
– Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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PASSERIFORMES
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Family:
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PITTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Pitta megarhyncha
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Species Authority:
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Schlegal, 1863
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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NT ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Stattersfield, A., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria A2bc+3bc; C1.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Near-threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Pitta megarhyncha occurs in Bangladesh (probably a very local resident in the Sundarbans, common at Khulna), Myanmar (scarce to locally common), Peninsular Thailand (uncommon to locally common in west), Peninsular Malaysia (locally common; also one record from East Malaysia), Singapore and Indonesia (south from Riau archipelago, through eastern lowlands of Sumatra, to Bangka). It is restricted to coastal mangroves, a habitat that is suffering severe pressure through clearance for fuel-wood, charcoal production and construction materials. Moreover, the linear nature of its distribution suggests that its total population size might be relatively small.
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Countries:
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Native:
Bangladesh; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand
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Habitat and Ecology
