Elegant Pitta
Pitta elegans Temminck, CJ 1836
The elegant pitta is a species of passerine bird in the pitta family Pittidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found in the Lesser Sunda Islands and Moluccas. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Pittidae
Genus:
Pitta
Scientific:
Pitta elegans
Original description
Citation:
Temminck, CJ 1836
Reference:
Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois.
livr.100 pl.591
Protonym:
Pitta elegans
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1267C963FE58E2B7
Avibase ID:
avibase-1267C963
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1267C963
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562227
Geographic range:
- Pitta elegans elegans: breeds Timor and associated islands (Semau, Rote); winters in the Sulawesi region and the central Moluccas
- Pitta elegans virginalis: Tanahjampea, Kalaotoa and Kalao islands (off Sulawesi)
- Pitta elegans maria: Lesser Sundas (Sumba)
Elegant Pitta
Catalan:
pita elegant
Czech:
pita ozdobná
Danish:
Pragtpitta
German:
Schmuckpitta
Spanish:
Pita elegante
Spanish (Spain):
Pita elegante
Finnish:
kaunopitta
French:
Brève élégante
Croatian:
žutoprsa pita
Hungarian:
ékszerpitta
Italian:
Pitta elegante
Japanese:
ティモールノドグロヤイロチョウ
Lithuanian:
elegantiškoji pita
Dutch:
Elegante Pitta
Norwegian:
Elegantpitta
Polish:
kurtaczek ozdobny
Portuguese:
pita-elegante
Russian:
Стройная питта
Slovak:
pita pôvabná
Serbian:
Žutoobrvasta kitnjasta pita
Swedish:
praktjuveltrast
Ukrainian:
піта жовтоброва
Chinese:
华丽八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
優雅八色鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 3] |
| Clements, version 2021: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Pitta [elegans or concinna]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: pita elegant
Czech: pita ozdobná
Danish: Pragtpitta
German: Schmuckpitta
English: Elegant Pitta
English (IOC): Elegant Pitta
English (United States): Elegant Pitta
Esperanto: Eleganta pito
Spanish: Pita elegante
Spanish (Spain): Pita elegante
Estonian: hundpita
Finnish: kaunopitta
French: Brève élégante, Brève élégante (elegans)
Croatian: žutoprsa pita
Hungarian: ékszerpitta
Indonesian: Paok laus
Italian: Pitta elegante
Japanese: インドネシアノドグロヤイロチョウ, ティモールノドグロヤイロチョウ
Kirghiz: шыңкыйган питта
Scientific: Pitta elegans
Lithuanian: elegantiškoji pita
Dutch: Elegante Pitta, Ornaatpitta
Norwegian: Elegantpitta
Polish: kurtaczek ozdobny
Portuguese: pita-elegante
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-elegante
Russian: Стройная питта
Slovak: pita pôvabná
Serbian: Žutoobrvasta kitnjasta pita
Swedish: praktjuveltrast
Turkish: Ekru Göğüslü Pitta
Ukrainian: піта жовтоброва
Chinese: 华丽八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 優雅八色鳥
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