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[[Image:218 rb pitta 2 cr sm.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br/>[[Tangkoko National Park]], [[Sulawesi]] Utara, [[Indonesia]], October, 2009 ]] | [[Image:218 rb pitta 2 cr sm.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br/>[[Tangkoko National Park]], [[Sulawesi]] Utara, [[Indonesia]], October, 2009 ]] | ||
| + | '''Includes: Siau Pitta, Sangihe Pitta''' | ||
;[[:Category:Erythropitta|Erythropitta]] celebensis | ;[[:Category:Erythropitta|Erythropitta]] celebensis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | South East [[Asia]], [[Indonesia]]: Endemic to [[Sulawesi]] and a number of islands in the region. Locally common. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Each subspecies were formerly considered full species. Slightly further back, all were included in [[Red-bellied Pitta]]. | |
| − | + | ====Subspecies==== | |
| + | Clements recognizes these subspecies[[#References|[1]]]: | ||
| + | *''E. c. celebensis'': Sulawesi, Manterawu Island and Togian Islands | ||
| + | *''E. c. caeruleitorques'': Sangihe Island (northeast of Sulawesi) | ||
| + | *''E. c. palliceps'': Siau and Tahulandang islands (Celebes Sea) | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dense primary rainforest, logged or heavily degraded forest, scrub, plantations, remnant forest patches with cultivation, bamboo groves and thickets near rivers. Often in forest on volcanic soils.<br /> | Dense primary rainforest, logged or heavily degraded forest, scrub, plantations, remnant forest patches with cultivation, bamboo groves and thickets near rivers. Often in forest on volcanic soils.<br /> | ||
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Probably sedentary. | Probably sedentary. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|"Erythropitta celebensis" {{!}} "Sulawesi Pitta"}} | + | {{GSearch|"Erythropitta celebensis" {{!}} "Erythropitta palliceps" {{!}} "Erythropitta caeruleitorques" {{!}} "Sulawesi Pitta" {{!}} "Siau Pitta" {{!}} "Sangihe Pitta"}} |
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 27 July 2024
Includes: Siau Pitta, Sangihe Pitta
- Erythropitta celebensis
Identification
16 - 18cm.
- head red-brown
- lores and supercilium dark brown
- cheeks cinnamon
- variable midcrown to nape stripe blue
- upper mantle blue
- lower mantle and back dark green
- rump and tail blue
- Deep blue upperwing-coverts,
- flight-feathers black
- primaries with variable small white spots
- lower throat and upper breast black (sometimes with white throatband)
- breast bands broad glossy blue and broad black band below
- rest of underparts scarlet
- bill black
Females are duller and more green with less blue on breast. Juveniles are dull brown above and have a dull blue rump and tail. They are paler below, have a whitish throat and a dark brown breast with white spots.
Distribution
South East Asia, Indonesia: Endemic to Sulawesi and a number of islands in the region. Locally common.
Taxonomy
Each subspecies were formerly considered full species. Slightly further back, all were included in Red-bellied Pitta.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- E. c. celebensis: Sulawesi, Manterawu Island and Togian Islands
- E. c. caeruleitorques: Sangihe Island (northeast of Sulawesi)
- E. c. palliceps: Siau and Tahulandang islands (Celebes Sea)
Habitat
Dense primary rainforest, logged or heavily degraded forest, scrub, plantations, remnant forest patches with cultivation, bamboo groves and thickets near rivers. Often in forest on volcanic soils.
In lowlands below 1200 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects and their larvae, earthworms and some plant material.
Forages mainly on the ground.
Breeding
Singing males recorded on territory from January to March but season probably to October.
The domed nest is made of twigs and leaves, grass and ferns. It's mostly placed on the ground or low in scrub or a tree. Some nests were placed 10m above the ground. Lays 2 eggs.
Movements
Probably sedentary.
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/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sulawesi Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sulawesi_Pitta
External Links
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