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The Javan banded pitta (''Hydrornis guajanus'') is a species of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family Pittidae. It is found in
Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
and
Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Bornean and
Malayan banded pitta The Malayan banded pitta (''Hydrornis irena'') is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. Other common names include the blue-tailed pitta, the Irene's pitta, the banded pitta and the Van den Bosch's pitta. It is found in Thailand, the Malay P ...
s. Together, they were referenced as the banded pitta.


References

*Rheindt, F.E., and J.A. Eaton. 2010. Biological species limits in the Banded Pitta ''Pitta guajana''. Forktail number 26: 86–91. Javan banded pitta Birds of Java Birds of Bali Javan banded pitta {{Pittidae-stub