Blue-banded pitta

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Blue-banded pitta

| image = 0A2A4626 Blue-banded Pitta.jpg

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| genus = Erythropitta

| species = arquata

| authority = (Gould, 1871)

| range_map = Blue-banded_Pitta_Distribution.jpg

| range_map_caption = Range of the blue-banded pitta

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Erythropitta arquata |volume=2018 |page=e.T22698659A130190859 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698659A130190859.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| synonyms = *Pitta arquata

}}

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The blue-banded pitta (Erythropitta arquata) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo, where it is found in all three countries that share the island: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.{{cite book |title=Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo |last1=Phillipps |first1=Quentin |last2=Phillipps |first2=Karen |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |publisher=John Beaufoy Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-1-906780-56-2 }} Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.