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- Pitta novaeguineae
Identification
16 - 19cm, a rather small pitta
- Mainly green plumage
- Black head
- Central lower breast bluish black
- Red lower belly
- Red vent
- Bluish shoulder patch
- No white in wing
Juveniles presumably sooty but with hints of adult pattern.
Distribution
New Guinea and some nearby islands.
Taxonomy
Western Hooded Pitta, Nicobar Hooded Pitta, Minahasa Hooded Pitta, Eastern Hooded Pitta, and Biak Hooded Pitta were all formerly considered a single species with the name Hooded Pitta.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- P. n. novaeguineae on western Papuan islands, New Guinea and Karkar Island
- P. n. goodfellowi on Aru Islands (off southern New Guinea)
- P. n. mefoorana on Numfor Island (off northwest New Guinea)
Habitat
To 500 m (locally up to 1200 m) in New Guinea.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Kirwan, G. M. and J. Erritzoe (2023). Eastern Hooded Pitta (Pitta novaeguineae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eahpit1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Eastern Hooded Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Hooded_Pitta
External Links
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