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
Citation:
Temminck, CJ 1836
Reference:
Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois.
livr.100 pl.591
Protonym:
Pitta elegans
Type locality:
Timor.
Avibase ID:
1267C963FE58E2B7
Avibase ID:
avibase-1267C963
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1267C963
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562227
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2021: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: 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] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Elegant Pitta ( Pitta elegans) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: 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.
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