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Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe)
Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques (Salvadori, AT 1876)
The Sangihe pitta is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in the Sangihe Islands. 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 celebensis caeruleitorques
Original description
Citation:
(Salvadori, AT 1876)
Reference:
Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova
ser.1, no.9 p.53
Protonym:
Pitta caeruleitorques
Type locality:
Petta, Sangir Islands.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94504#page/59/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
957D21B73CDB4DF6
Avibase ID:
avibase-957D21B7
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/957D21B7
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 711674
English:
Sulawesi Pitta (caeruleitorques)
Afrikaans:
Sulawesipitta (Sangihe-)
Bulgarian:
Сулавеска пита (ssp. caeruleitorques)
Catalan:
pita de Sulawesi (caeruleitorques)
Czech:
pita celebeská (ssp. caeruleitorques)
Danish:
Sulawesipitta (Sangihepitta)
German:
Sulawesi-Blaubrustpitta (Sangihe-Blaubrustpitta)
Spanish:
Pita de Célebes (de las Sangihe)
Spanish (Spain):
Pita de Célebes (de las Sangihe)
French:
Brève des Célèbes (caeruleitorques)
Croatian:
sulaveška pita (caeruleitorques)
Indonesian:
Paok sulawesi (Sangihe)
Japanese:
スラウェシヤイロチョウ（亜種 サンギヘヤイロチョウ）
Dutch:
Sulawesipitta (Sangirpitta)
Norwegian:
sulawesipitta (caeruleitorques)
Polish:
kurtaczek rdzawy (E.c. caeruleitorques)
Slovak:
pita celebeská (modrokrká)
Serbian:
Sulaveška pita sa arhipelaga Sangihe
Swedish:
sulawesijuveltrast (caeruleitorques)
Turkish:
Selebes Pittası (caeruleitorques)
Sulawesi Pitta (caeruleitorques)
Afrikaans:
Sulawesipitta (Sangihe-)
Bulgarian:
Сулавеска пита (ssp. caeruleitorques)
Catalan:
pita de Sulawesi (caeruleitorques)
Czech:
pita celebeská (ssp. caeruleitorques)
Danish:
Sulawesipitta (Sangihepitta)
German:
Sulawesi-Blaubrustpitta (Sangihe-Blaubrustpitta)
Spanish:
Pita de Célebes (de las Sangihe)
Spanish (Spain):
Pita de Célebes (de las Sangihe)
French:
Brève des Célèbes (caeruleitorques)
Croatian:
sulaveška pita (caeruleitorques)
Indonesian:
Paok sulawesi (Sangihe)
Japanese:
スラウェシヤイロチョウ（亜種 サンギヘヤイロチョウ）
Dutch:
Sulawesipitta (Sangirpitta)
Norwegian:
sulawesipitta (caeruleitorques)
Polish:
kurtaczek rdzawy (E.c. caeruleitorques)
Slovak:
pita celebeská (modrokrká)
Serbian:
Sulaveška pita sa arhipelaga Sangihe
Swedish:
sulawesijuveltrast (caeruleitorques)
Turkish:
Selebes Pittası (caeruleitorques)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sulawesi Pitta (caeruleitorques) ( Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Sulawesi Pitta (caeruleitorques) ( Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-bellied Pitta (caeruleitorques) ( Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-bellied Pitta (caeruleitorques) ( Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sangihe Pitta ( Pitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sangihe Pitta ( Pitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sangihe Pitta ( Pitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sangihe Pitta ( Pitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sangihe Pitta ( Pitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 6] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques |
| Clements, version 2021: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 7] |
| Clements, version 2024: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition: Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe) ( Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques) [version 7] |
| eBird version 2024: Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe) ( Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe) ( Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Sangihe Pitta ( Erythropitta caeruleitorques) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques [version 8] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 3] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Erythropitta celebensis
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Sulawesipitta (Sangihe-)
Bulgarian: Сулавеска пита (ssp. caeruleitorques)
Catalan: pita de Sulawesi (caeruleitorques)
Czech: pita celebeská (ssp. caeruleitorques)
Danish: Sangihe-pitta, Sulawesipitta (Sangihepitta)
German: Sangihe-Blaubrustpitta, Sulawesi-Blaubrustpitta (Sangihe-Blaubrustpitta)
English: Red-bellied Pitta (caeruleitorques), Sangihe Pitta, Sulawesi Pitta (caeruleitorques), Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe)
[ENAV]: Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe)
English, HBW: Sangihe Pitta, Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe)
English (IOC): Sangihe Pitta, Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe)
English (United States): Sangihe Pitta, Sulawesi Pitta (Sangihe)
Spanish: Pita de Célebes (de las Sangihe), Pita de las Sangihe
Spanish (Spain): Pita de Célebes (de las Sangihe), Pita de las Sangihe
Spanish (HBW): Sangihe Pitta
French: Brève à ventre rouge (caeruleitorques), Brève de Sangihe, Brève des Célèbes (caeruleitorques), Brève des Sangihe, Brève des Sangir
French (Guyane): Brève des Sangihe
Croatian: sangiška pita, sulaveška pita (caeruleitorques)
Indonesian: Paok sangihe, Paok sulawesi (Sangihe)
Japanese (romaji): sangiheyairochou
Japanese: サンギヘヤイロチョウ, スラウェシヤイロチョウ（亜種 サンギヘヤイロチョウ）
Scientific: Erythropitta caeruleitorques, Erythropitta celebensis caeruleitorques, Erythropitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques, Pitta caeruleitorques, Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques, Pitta macklotii caeruleitorques
Dutch: Sangirpitta, Sulawesipitta (Sangirpitta)
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sangihepitta
Norwegian: sangihepitta, sulawesipitta (caeruleitorques)
Polish: kurtaczek rdzawy, kurtaczek rdzawy (E.c. caeruleitorques)
Portuguese: pita-das-sanguir
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-das-sangihe
Russian: Сангирская питта
Slovak: pita celebeská (modrokrká), pita modrokrká
Serbian: Pita sa arhipelaga Sangihe, Sulaveška pita sa arhipelaga Sangihe
Swedish: rödbukig juveltrast (caeruleitorques), sangihejuveltrast, sulawesijuveltrast (caeruleitorques)
Turkish: Sangihe pittası, Selebes Pittası (caeruleitorques)
Ukrainian: піта сангізька
Chinese: 桑岛八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 桑吉八色鳥
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