Javan Banded-Pitta

Javan Banded-Pitta / Hydrornis guajanus

Javan Banded-Pitta

Here the details of the Javan Banded-Pitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Hydrornis guajanus
Protonym:  Turdus Guajanus Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.146
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae /
Taxonomy Code:  banpit2
Type Locality:  'Guajana''; corrected to Banjuwangi, eastern Java, by Kloss, 1926, Journ. Mai. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc, 4, p. 161.
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Publish Year:  1776
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DEFINITIONS

HYDRORNIS
(Pittidae; Ϯ Blue-naped Pitta H. nipalensis) Gr. ὑδρο- hudro-  water-   < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos  water; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird (see Paludicola); "Pitta nuchalis, Nobis, is identical with Hydrornis (olim Paludicola) Nipalensis, Hodgson, J.A.S. VI, 103: but it is barely separable from the great group of Pitta" (Blyth 1843); "Hydrornis Blyth, 1843, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 960. New name for Paludicola Hodgson, 1837. Type, by monotypy, Paludicola Nipalensis Hodgson." (Mayr in Peters, 1979, VIII, pp. 310-311).   
Synon. Anthocincla, Eucichla, Gigantipitta, Heleornis, Insignipitta, Iridipitta, Leucopitta, Merulanthus, Ornatipitta, Paludicola.

guajana / guajanus
Guajana (= Guiana).
● Erroneous TL. Guiana (= Java); ex “Merle de la Guiane” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Hydrornis).