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Papuan Pitta (Northern)

Erythropitta macklotii habenichti (Finsch, FHO 1912)

The Papuan pitta is a species of pitta. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and the northern Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pittidae
Genus:
   Erythropitta
Scientific:
  Erythropitta macklotii habenichti


Original description

Citation:
  (Finsch, FHO 1912)

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 20 p.102,127

Protonym:
  Pitta Habenichti

Type locality:
  Potsdamhafen, northern New Guinea.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101399#page/120/mode/1up,127


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C99B31F2382E82CE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C99B31F2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C99B31F2


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 711683

English:
Papuan Pitta (habenichti)
Afrikaans:
Papoeapitta (Noordelike)
Bulgarian:
Папуаска пита (ssp. habenichti)
Catalan:
pita de Nova Guinea (habenichti)
Czech:
pita papuánská (ssp. habenichti)
Danish:
Papuapitta (Weylandpitta)
German:
Papua-Blaubrustpitta (habenichti)
Spanish:
Pita de Nueva Guinea (Norteña)
Spanish (Spain):
Pita de Nueva Guinea (norteña)
French:
Brève de Macklot (habenichti)
Croatian:
papuanska pita (sjeverna)
Dutch:
(Noordelijke) papoeapitta
Norwegian:
papuapitta (habenichti)
Polish:
kurtaczek nizinny (E.m. habenichti)
Slovak:
pita papuánska (Habenichtova)
Serbian:
Severnopapuanska pita
Swedish:
papuajuveltrast (habenichti)
Turkish:
Papua Pittası (kuzeyli)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Papuan Pitta (habenichti) ( Erythropitta macklotii habenichti)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Papuan Pitta (habenichti) ( Erythropitta macklotii habenichti)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-bellied Pitta (habenichti) ( Pitta erythrogaster habenichti)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-bellied Pitta (habenichti) ( Pitta erythrogaster habenichti)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Pitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Pitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Pitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Pitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Pitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti
Clements, version 2021:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
North Papuan Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 7]
Clements, version 2024:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition:
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Habenicht's Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
North Papuan Pitta ( Erythropitta habenichti) [version 7]
eBird version 2024:
Papuan Pitta (Northern) ( Erythropitta macklotii habenichti) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Papuan Pitta (Northern) ( Erythropitta macklotii habenichti) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Erythropitta macklotii habenichti [version 8]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Erythropitta macklotii [macklotii, incl. habenichti]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Papoeapitta (Noordelike)
Bulgarian: Папуаска пита (ssp. habenichti)
Catalan: pita de Nova Guinea (habenichti)
Czech: pita papuánská (ssp. habenichti)
Danish: Papuapitta (Weylandpitta)
German: Papua-Blaubrustpitta (habenichti)
English: Habenicht's Pitta, North Papuan Pitta, Papuan Pitta (habenichti), Papuan Pitta (Northern), Red-bellied Pitta (habenichti)
[ENAV]: Papuan Pitta (Northern)
English, HBW: Papuan Pitta (Northern)
English (IOC): Papuan Pitta (Northern)
English (United States): Papuan Pitta (Northern)
Spanish: Pita de Nueva Guinea (Norteña)
Spanish (Spain): Pita de Nueva Guinea (norteña)
French: Brève à ventre rouge (habenichti), Brève de Macklot (habenichti), Brève d'Habenicht
Croatian: papuanska pita (sjeverna)
Japanese (romaji): ha-benihitoyairochou
Japanese: ハーベニヒトヤイロチョウ
Scientific: Erythropitta erythrogaster habenichti, Erythropitta habenichti, Erythropitta macklotii habenichti, Pitta erythrogaster habenichti, Pitta habenichti, Pitta macklotii habenichti
Dutch: (Noordelijke) papoeapitta, Erythropitta habenichti
Norwegian: papuapitta (habenichti)
Polish: kurtaczek nizinny (E.m. habenichti)
Slovak: pita papuánska (Habenichtova)
Serbian: Severnopapuanska pita
Swedish: papuajuveltrast (habenichti)
Turkish: Papua Pittası (kuzeyli)

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