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Fairy Pitta

Pitta nympha Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H 1850

The fairy pitta is a small and brightly colored species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae. Its diet mainly consists of earthworms, spiders, insects, slugs, and snails. The fairy pitta breeds in East Asia and migrates south to winter in Southeast Asia. Due to various habitat and anthropogenic disruptions, such as deforestation, wildfire, hunting, trapping, and cage-bird trade, the fairy pitta is rare and the population is declining in most places. Listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II, this bird is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pittidae
Genus:
   Pitta
Scientific:
  Pitta nympha

Original description

Citation:
  Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H 1850

Reference:
   Fauna Japonica vol. 4, Aves

Protonym:
  Pitta nympha

Type locality:
  Korea.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53188815

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0ECBA40626CA630B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0ECBA406

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0ECBA406

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562239


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Pitta nympha: southern Japan to Korea and southeastern China; winters to southeastern Asia and Borneo
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Fairy Pitta
Catalan:
pita nimfa
Czech:
pita hnědokorunkatá
Danish:
Nymfepitta
German:
Nymphenpitta
Spanish:
Pita Ninfa
Spanish (Spain):
Pita Ninfa
Finnish:
keijupitta
French:
Brève migratrice
Croatian:
prugastoglava pita
Hungarian:
tündérpitta
Italian:
Pitta fatata
Japanese (romaji):
yairochou
Japanese:
ヤイロチョウ
Lithuanian:
Fėjinė pita
Dutch:
Chinese Pitta
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nymfepitta
Norwegian:
Nymfepitta
Polish:
kurtaczek blady
Portuguese:
Pita-de-asa-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
pita-fada
Russian:
Питта-нимфа
Slovak:
pita maľovaná
Serbian:
Vilinska pita
Swedish:
kinesisk juveltrast
Ukrainian:
Піта китайська
Chinese:
仙八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
八色鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Brève migratrice ( Pitta nympha) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Brève migratrice ( Pitta nympha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pitta nympha [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pitta nympha [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pitta nympha [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pitta nympha [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pitta [brachyura or nympha] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: pita nimfa
Czech: pita hnědokorunkatá, Pita nádherná
Danish: Nymfepitta
German: Neunfarben-Pitta, Nymphenpitta, Nymphen-Pitta
English: Blue-winged pitta, Chinese pitta, Fairy Pitta, Lesser blue-winged pitta
English, HBW: Fairy Pitta
English (IOC): Fairy Pitta
English (United States): Fairy Pitta
Esperanto: Nimfa pito
Spanish: Pita Ninfa
Spanish (Spain): Pita Ninfa
Spanish (HBW): Fairy Pitta
Estonian: võlupita
Finnish: Keijupitta
French: Brève migratrice
Croatian: prugastoglava pita
Hungarian: tündérpitta
Indonesian: Burung Paok Bidadari, Paok, Paok Bidadari
Italian: Pitta aliazzurre, Pitta fatata, Pitta ninfa
Japanese (romaji): ya-iro tsugumi, Yairocho, ya-iro-chō, yairochou
Japanese: ヤイロチョウ, ヤイロツグミ
Japanese (Kanji): 八色鳥, 八色鶇
Kazakh: питта-нимфа
Korean: 팔색조
Korean (Transliteration): pal-saek-jo, pal-ssaek-jjo
Kirghiz: питта-нимфа
Scientific: Pitta bertae, Pitta brachyura nympha, Pitta cyanoptera, Pitta nympha, Pitta nympha melli, Pitta nympha nympha, Pitta oreas
Lithuanian: Fėjinė pita
Latvian: burvīgā pita
Mongolian: хөх далавчит тарлан таргалж
Malay: Burung Pacat, Pacat
Maltese: pitta fatata
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хөх далавчит тарлан таргалж
Dutch: Chinese Pitta
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nymfepitta
Norwegian: Blåvingepitta, Nymfepitta
Polish: kurtaczek blady
Pinyin: bā-sè hōng niǎo, bā-sè-niǎo, lán-chì bā-sè-dōng, xiān bā-sè-dōng
Portuguese: Pita-de-asa-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-fada
Russian: Питта-нимфа
Slovak: pita maľovaná
Serbian: Vilinska pita
Swedish: kinesisk juveltrast, Kinesisk pitta
Thai: นกแต้วแล้วนางฟ้า, นกแต้วแล้วพันธุ์จีน
Thai (Transliteration): nók tâeew-láeew naaŋ-fáa
Turkish: Firuze omuzlu pitta
Ukrainian: Піта китайська
Vietnamese: Chim Đuôi cụt bụng đỏ, Chim Đuôi cụt tiên, Đuôi cụt bụng đỏ
Chinese: 仙八色鸫, 八色轰鸟, 八色鳥, 蓝翅八色鸫, 藍翅八色鶇
Chinese (Traditional): 仙八色鶇, 八色轟鳥, 八色鳥, 八色鳥〔仙八色鳥〕, 藍翅八色鶇
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 八色鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): 八色鸟

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