Pitta [brachyura or nympha] (Indian or Fairy Pitta)

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Indian or Fairy Pitta

Pitta [brachyura or nympha] (= Pitta brachyura) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pittidae
Genus:
   Pitta
Scientific:
  Pitta brachyura

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Corvus brachyurus

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946354

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
3219AAF697CFA508

Avibase ID:
avibase-3219AAF6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3219AAF6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562223

Geographic range:

Pitta brachyura: Widespread Indian subcontinent
Pitta nympha: S Japan to Korea and se China; winters to SE Asia and Borneo

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Indian or Fairy Pitta
French:
Brève du Bengale ou B. migratrice

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Indian or Fairy Pitta ( Pitta [brachyura or nympha])
Clements 3rd edition: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Bengali: দেশি শুমচা
Czech: Pita devítibarvá
Danish: Indisk Pitta
German: Bengalenpitta
English: Indian or Fairy Pitta, Indian Pitta
Esperanto: Mallongvosta pito
Spanish: Pita India
Estonian: koidupita
Finnish: Bengalinpitta
French: Brève du Bengale, Brève du Bengale ou B. migratrice
Hungarian: barnasapkás pitta
Indonesian: Paok, Paok India
Italian: Pitta indiana
Japanese (romaji): indoyairochou
Japanese: インドヤイロチョウ
Korean: 팔색조
Scientific: Corvus [] brachyurus, Corvus brachyurus, Pitta [brachyura or nympha], Pitta brachyura
Lithuanian: Indijos pita
Malayalam: കാവി
Nepali: गाजले पिट्टा
Dutch: Negenkleurige Pitta
Norwegian: Indiapitta
Polish: kurtaczek bengalski
Portuguese: Pita-da-índia
Russian: Синекрылая питта
Slovak: Pita pestrá
Swedish: Indisk pitta, Kinesisk pitta
Tamil: தோட்டக்கள்ளன்
Ukrainian: Піта короткохвоста
Chinese: 蓝翅八色鸫, 藍翅八色鶇
Chinese (Traditional): 印度藍翅八色鳥