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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

Nicobar Islands (India).

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

  1. 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/
  2. 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/
  3. 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

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External Links

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