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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). | 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). | ||
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- 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).
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
