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Photo by kctsang
Location: Tangkoko, N. Sulawesi, Indonesia, August, 2009
Pitta erythrogaster

Includes Sula Pitta

Identification

Distribution

Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Taxonomy

A large number of subspecies are recognized:

  • P. e. erythrogaster
  • P. e. propinqua
  • P. e. caeruleitorques
  • P. e. inspeculata
  • P. e. palliceps
  • P. e. celebensis
  • P. e. rufiventris
  • P. e. cyanonota
  • P. e. bernsteini
  • P. e. rubrinucha
  • P. e. piroensis
  • P. e. mackloti
  • P. e. habenichti
  • P. e. aruensis
  • P. e. oblita
  • P. e. loriae
  • P. e. extima
  • P. e. novaehibernicae
  • P. e. splendida
  • P. e. gazellae
  • P. e. finschii
  • P. e. meeki
  • P. e. dohertyi

Sula Pitta is recognised as a separate species (P. dohertyi) by Clements (2010), but is included as a subspecies of Red-bellied Pitta by Dickinson (2003) and Gill and Donsker (2010).
Placed in genus Erythropitta by Gill and Donsker[3].

Photo by Romy Ocon
Photo taken:Laguna Province, Philippines

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. Wikipedia

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