South Moluccan Pitta

Here the details of the South Moluccan Pitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Erythropitta rubrinucha
Protonym:  Pitta rubrinucha Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.187
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae / Erythropitta
Taxonomy Code:  sompit1
Type Locality:  Buru.
Author:  Wallace
Publish Year:  1862
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

rubrinucha
L. ruber, rubra  red; Med. L. nuchus  nape  < Arabic nukhā'  spinal marrow.

SUBSPECIES

South Moluccan Pitta (rubrinucha)
SCI Name: Erythropitta rubrinucha rubrinucha
rubrinucha
L. ruber, rubra  red; Med. L. nuchus  nape  < Arabic nukhā'  spinal marrow.

South Moluccan Pitta (piroensis)
SCI Name: Erythropitta rubrinucha piroensis
piroensis
Piroe, Ceram, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Piru, Indonesia.