Genus: Pitta
Description
14 (mostly) colourful, skuling species from Africa, Asia and Australia.
Taxonomy
Pitta is a genus in the Family Pittidae.
The species of the genera Erythropitta and Hydrornis used to be included here.
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|---|---|---|---|
| P. angolensis | African Pitta | ||
| P. reichenowi | Green-breasted Pitta | ||
| P. brachyura | Indian Pitta | ||
| P. moluccensis | Blue-winged Pitta | ||
| P. nympha | Fairy Pitta | ||
| P. sordida | Hooded Pitta | ||
| P. steerii | Azure-breasted Pitta | ||
| P. versicolor | Noisy Pitta | ||
| P. maxima | Ivory-breasted Pitta | ||
| P. concinna | Ornate Pitta | ||
| P. elegans | Elegant Pitta | ||
| P. vigorsii | Banda Sea Pitta | ||
| P. anerythra | Black-faced Pitta | ||
| P. megarhyncha | Mangrove Pitta | ||
| P. superba | Superb Pitta | ||
| P. iris | Rainbow Pitta | ||
References
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pitta
Pages in category ‘Pitta’
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
