Pitta venusta; Print; The graceful pitta (Erythropitta venusta); sometimes alternatively known as the black-crowned pitta (although another species is more regularly called black-crowned pitta (Erythropitta ussheri); is a species of bird in the family Pittidae which occurs in Sumatra; Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.; 1700-1880