Sulawesi Pitta

Sulawesi Pitta / Erythropitta celebensis

Sulawesi Pitta

Here the details of the Sulawesi Pitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Erythropitta celebensis
Protonym:  Pitta celebensis Verh.Nat.Gesch.[Temminck] Zool. Aves p.18
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sulpit3
Type Locality:  Tondano, Celebes.
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Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ERYTHROPITTA
(Pittidae; Macklot's Pitta E. macklotii) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; genus Pitta Vieillot, 1816, pitta; "They are characterized by the unpatterned face and throat; breast band distinct from belly patch; belly all red; and no prominent turquoise shoulder patch" (Beehler & Pratt 2016); "Erythropitta, Bp. — 187. mackloti, Temm. — 188. celebensis, Forst. — 189. erythrogastra, Cuv. — 190. venusta, Mull. — 191. granatina, Temm. (coccinea, Eyt.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Erythropitta Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 144 (Appendix)), Pitta macklotii Temminck, 1834." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Monilipitta, Phoeniocichla, Purpureipitta.

celebense / celebensis
Celebes, Dutch East Indies / Sulawesi, Indonesia.