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Bismarck Pitta (Tabar)
Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida (Mayr, E 1955)
The Tabar pitta is a species of the pitta bird. It was considered a subspecies of the Bismarck pitta, and some taxonomic authorities still consider it so. It is endemic to the Tabar Group in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Pittidae
Genus:
Erythropitta
Scientific:
Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida
Original description
Citation:
(Mayr, E 1955)
Reference:
Amer. Mus. Novit.
no.1707 p.5
Protonym:
Pitta erythrogaster splendida
Type locality:
Tabar Island, Tabar group.
Link:
https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5352/
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
6BE63DCC7FE2C875
Avibase ID:
avibase-6BE63DCC
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6BE63DCC
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 711696
English:
Bismarck Pitta (splendida)
Afrikaans:
Bismarckpitta (Tabar-)
Bulgarian:
Бисмаркска пита (ssp. splendida)
Catalan:
pita de Nova Irlanda (splendida)
Czech:
pita bismarcká (ssp. splendida)
Danish:
Ny Irland-pitta (Tabar Pitta)
German:
Neuirland-Blaubrustpitta (Tabar-Blaubrustpitta)
Spanish:
Pita de Nueva Irlanda (de Tabar)
Spanish (Spain):
Pita de Nueva Irlanda (de Tabar)
French:
Brève de Nouvelle-Irlande (splendida)
Croatian:
kestenjastovrata pita (splendida)
Dutch:
Bismarckpitta (Tabarpitta)
Norwegian:
niuailanpitta (splendida)
Polish:
kurtaczek lśniący (E.n. splendida)
Slovak:
pita šesťfarebná (tabarská)
Serbian:
Pita sa ostrva Tabar
Swedish:
bismarckjuveltrast (splendida)
Turkish:
Bismark Pittası (splendida)
Bismarck Pitta (splendida)
Afrikaans:
Bismarckpitta (Tabar-)
Bulgarian:
Бисмаркска пита (ssp. splendida)
Catalan:
pita de Nova Irlanda (splendida)
Czech:
pita bismarcká (ssp. splendida)
Danish:
Ny Irland-pitta (Tabar Pitta)
German:
Neuirland-Blaubrustpitta (Tabar-Blaubrustpitta)
Spanish:
Pita de Nueva Irlanda (de Tabar)
Spanish (Spain):
Pita de Nueva Irlanda (de Tabar)
French:
Brève de Nouvelle-Irlande (splendida)
Croatian:
kestenjastovrata pita (splendida)
Dutch:
Bismarckpitta (Tabarpitta)
Norwegian:
niuailanpitta (splendida)
Polish:
kurtaczek lśniący (E.n. splendida)
Slovak:
pita šesťfarebná (tabarská)
Serbian:
Pita sa ostrva Tabar
Swedish:
bismarckjuveltrast (splendida)
Turkish:
Bismark Pittası (splendida)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Bismarck Pitta (splendida) ( Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Bismarck Pitta (splendida) ( Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-bellied Pitta (splendida) ( Pitta erythrogaster splendida) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-bellied Pitta (splendida) ( Pitta erythrogaster splendida) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Tabar Pitta ( Pitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Tabar Pitta ( Pitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Tabar Pitta ( Pitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Tabar Pitta ( Pitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Tabar Pitta ( Pitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 6] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida |
| Clements, version 2021: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 7] |
| Clements, version 2024: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition: Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Bismarck Pitta (Tabar) ( Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida) [version 7] |
| eBird version 2024: Bismarck Pitta (Tabar) ( Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Bismarck Pitta (Tabar) ( Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Tabar Pitta ( Erythropitta splendida) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida [version 8] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 3] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Erythropitta novaehibernicae
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Bismarckpitta (Tabar-)
Bulgarian: Бисмаркска пита (ssp. splendida)
Catalan: pita de Nova Irlanda (splendida)
Czech: pita bismarcká (ssp. splendida)
Danish: Ny Irland-pitta (Tabar Pitta)
German: Neuirland-Blaubrustpitta (Tabar-Blaubrustpitta), Tabar-Blaubrustpitta
English: Bismarck Pitta (splendida), Bismarck Pitta (Tabar), Red-bellied Pitta (splendida), Tabar Pitta
[ENAV]: Bismarck Pitta (Tabar)
English, HBW: Tabar Pitta
English (IOC): Bismarck Pitta (Tabar)
English (United States): Bismarck Pitta (Tabar), Tabar Pitta
Spanish: Pita de Nueva Irlanda (de Tabar), Pita de Tabar
Spanish (Spain): Pita de Nueva Irlanda (de Tabar), Pita de Tabar
Spanish (HBW): Tabar Pitta
French: Brève à ventre rouge (de Tabar), Brève de Nouvelle-Irlande (splendida), Brève de Tabar
French (Guyane): Brève de Tabar
Croatian: kestenjastovrata pita (splendida)
Japanese (romaji): tabaruyairochou
Japanese: タバルヤイロチョウ
Scientific: Erythropitta erythrogaster splendida, Erythropitta novaehibernicae splendida, Erythropitta splendida, Pitta dohertyi splendida, Pitta erythrogaster splendida, Pitta macklotii splendida, Pitta splendida
Dutch: Bismarckpitta (Tabarpitta), Erythropitta splendida
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tabarpitta
Norwegian: niuailanpitta (splendida), tabarpitta
Polish: kurtaczek lśniący, kurtaczek lśniący (E.n. splendida)
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-de-tabar
Slovak: pita šesťfarebná (tabarská), pita tabarská
Serbian: Pita sa ostrva Tabar
Swedish: bismarckjuveltrast (splendida), rödbukig juveltrast (splendida)
Turkish: Bismark Pittası (splendida), Tabar pittası
Ukrainian: Піта табарська
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