Blue-banded Pitta
Blue-banded Pitta
Here the details of the Blue-banded Pitta named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pitta (Phoenicocichla) arquata Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 7 p.340
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pittidae / Erythropitta
Taxonomy Code: blbpit1
Type Locality: Borneo. [Salvadori''s emendation (1874) to arcuata has been universally adopted for the last 100 years.]
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1871
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.
arquata
● L. arquatus or arcuatus bow-shaped < arquus or arcus bow, rainbow (syn. Calidris ferruginea, Cichladusa, Erythropitta).
● Med. L. arquata curlew < L. arcuatus bow-shaped < arcus bow; “It is generally said ...to be derived from the bird’s bill being bent like a bow, arcus; but it more likely refers to arquatus morbus = the jaundice “when the skin turns to the yellow colour of the rainbow” in allusion to the legend about Charadrius, Galbula, Icterus, etc.” (BOU 1915); "77. SCOLOPAX. ... Arquata. 5. S. rostro rostro arcuato, pedibus cærulescentibus, alis nigris maculis niveis. Fn. svec. 139. Numenius s. Arquata. Gesn. av. 222. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 21. Will. orn. 216. t. 54. f. 1. 2. Raj. av. 103. Alb. av. I. p. 75. t. 79. Mars. danub. . . t. 17. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Numenius).
Arquata
• (Scolopacidae; syn. Numenius † Eurasian Curlew N. arquata) Med. L. arquata curlew < L. arcuatus bow-shaped < arcus bow; "ARQUATA cinerea. Flamant gris. Il faut placer cet oiseau sous le genre d'Arquata avec Gesner un des plus sçavans hommes de son siécle, à qui l'histoire naturelle est si rédevable. Arquatam, dit-il, hanc avem latine vocare volui, quod rostrum ejus inflectatur instar arcus Gesn. de avibus lib. 3. p. 196. On donne à Cayenne le nom de Flamant à toutes ces especes d'Arquata; mais le véritable Flamant est le Phœnicopterus dont nous parlerons plus bas" (Barrère 1741); "2612. NUMENIUS, L. 1746. Numenius, p., L. 1735. Tantalus, Lacép. 1800-1. Cractiornis, G. R. Gr. 1841. Arquata, Barr. 1745. G. of B. iii. p. 569. pl. 153; Reich. S. A. t. 14. f." (G. Gray 1871); "Arquata G. Gray, 1871, Hand-list Genera Species Birds, III, p. 42. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, Arquata Barr., i.e. Scolopax arquata Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
• (Numididae; syn. Numida † Helmeted Guineafowl N. meleagris) L. arquatus bow-shaped, curved < arquus or arcus bow, rainbow; "Als Sippe hieher: Perlhuhn (Arquata (Nob.) oder Numida Meleagris). Schnabel kurz, dick; Scheitel mit Knochenhöcker oder Federbusch. Füße unbefiedert, ungespornt. Schieferfarbig, mit weißen Fleckchen ganz besäet; Kopf und Halshaut blaulich. In Afrika (Guinea) heerdenweis." (Gistel 1848); "Arquata Gistel, 1848, Naturgesch. Thierreichs für höhere Schulen, p. 92. Alternative name for Numida Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2020).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)