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- Pitta abboti
Identification
16 - 19cm, a rather small pitta
- Mainly green plumage
- Black head, with chestnut crown
- Red vent
- Red lower belly
- Bluish shoulder patch
- White in wing visible when flying
Distribution
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
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
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). Nicobar Hooded Pitta (Pitta abbotti), 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.hoopit4.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Nicobar Hooded Pitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Nicobar_Hooded_Pitta
External Links
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