Black-faced Pitta

Here the details of the Black-faced Pitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pitta anerythra
Protonym:  Pitta anerythra Bull.Br.Orn.Club 12 p.22
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae / Pitta
Taxonomy Code:  blfpit1
Type Locality:  Ysabel.
Author:  Rothschild
Publish Year:  1901
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

PITTA
(Pittidae; Ϯ Indian Pitta P. brachyura) Telugu Dravidian name pitta pretty bauble or pet; "137. BRÈVE, Pitta.  Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath.   Bec robuste, un peu épais à la base, droit, convexe en dessus, comprimé, pointu; mandibule supérieure échancrée vers le bout; l'inférieure entière, égale. — Ailes longues. — Queue courte.   Esp. Brève, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Pitta Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 42. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 43), Corvus triostegus Sparrman = Corvus brachyurus Linnaeus." (Mayr in Peters 1979, VIII, 310).   
Var. Pelta.   
Synon. Austropitta, Brachyurus, Calopitta, Cervinipitta, Citta, Coloburis, Cyanopitta, Galeripitta, Melanopitta, Merula, Pulchripitta.

anerythra
Gr. negative prefix αν- an- ; ερυθρος eruthros  red.

SUBSPECIES

Black-faced Pitta (pallida)
SCI Name: Pitta anerythra pallida
pallida
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.

Black-faced Pitta (nigrifrons)
SCI Name: Pitta anerythra nigrifrons
nigrifrons
L. niger  black; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Black-fronted Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Black-faced Pitta (anerythra)
SCI Name: Pitta anerythra anerythra
anerythra
Gr. negative prefix αν- an- ; ερυθρος eruthros  red.