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Indian Pitta
Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus, C 1766)
The Indian pitta is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent. It inhabits scrub jungle, deciduous and dense evergreen forest. It breeds in the forests of the Himalayas, hills of central and western India, and migrates to other parts of the peninsula in winter. Although very colourful, it is usually shy and hidden in the undergrowth where it picks insects on the forest floor. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard at dawn and dusk. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List as the population is considered large. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Pittidae
Genus:
Pitta
Scientific:
Pitta brachyura
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
Type locality:
'Moluccas,' error for Ceylon.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/162/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
DE63114FF792FC2D
Avibase ID:
avibase-DE63114F
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DE63114F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562223
English:
Indian Pitta
Catalan:
pita de l'Índia
Czech:
pita devítibarvá
Danish:
Indisk Pitta
German:
Bengalenpitta
Spanish:
Pita India
Spanish (Spain):
Pita India
Finnish:
bengalinpitta
French:
Brève du Bengale
Croatian:
indijska pita
Hungarian:
barnasapkás pitta
Icelandic:
Blápjátra
Italian:
Pitta indiana
Japanese (romaji):
indoyairochou
Japanese:
インドヤイロチョウ
Lithuanian:
Bengalinė pita
Dutch:
Negenkleurige Pitta
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Indiapitta
Norwegian:
Indiapitta
Polish:
kurtaczek bengalski
Portuguese:
Pita-da-índia
Portuguese (Portugal):
pita-indiana
Russian:
Индийская питта
Slovak:
pita pestrá
Serbian:
Indijska pita
Swedish:
indisk juveltrast
Ukrainian:
Піта короткохвоста
Chinese:
印度八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
印度藍翅八色鳥
Indian Pitta
Catalan:
pita de l'Índia
Czech:
pita devítibarvá
Danish:
Indisk Pitta
German:
Bengalenpitta
Spanish:
Pita India
Spanish (Spain):
Pita India
Finnish:
bengalinpitta
French:
Brève du Bengale
Croatian:
indijska pita
Hungarian:
barnasapkás pitta
Icelandic:
Blápjátra
Italian:
Pitta indiana
Japanese (romaji):
indoyairochou
Japanese:
インドヤイロチョウ
Lithuanian:
Bengalinė pita
Dutch:
Negenkleurige Pitta
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Indiapitta
Norwegian:
Indiapitta
Polish:
kurtaczek bengalski
Portuguese:
Pita-da-índia
Portuguese (Portugal):
pita-indiana
Russian:
Индийская питта
Slovak:
pita pestrá
Serbian:
Indijska pita
Swedish:
indisk juveltrast
Ukrainian:
Піта короткохвоста
Chinese:
印度八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
印度藍翅八色鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Brève du Bengale ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Brève du Bengale ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Blue-winged Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Blue-winged Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pitta brachyura [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pitta brachyura [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pitta brachyura [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Indian Pitta ( Pitta brachyura) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pitta brachyura [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pitta brachyura [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Pitta [brachyura or nympha]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Indiese pitta
Azerbaijani: göyqanad pitta
Bengali: দেশি শুমচা
Catalan: pita de l'Índia
Czech: Pita devítibarvá
Welsh: Pita adeinlas
Danish: Indisk Pitta
German: Bengalenpitta, Neunfarbenpitta
English: Bengal Pitta, Blue-winged Pitta, Fairy Pitta, Green-winged Pitta, Indian Pitta
English, HBW: Indian Pitta
English (IOC): Indian Pitta
English (United States): Indian Pitta
Esperanto: Kurtvosta pito, Mallongvosta pito
Spanish: Pita de Alas Azules, Pita India
Spanish (Spain): Pita India
Spanish (HBW): Indian Pitta
Estonian: koidupita
Finnish: Bengalinpitta
French: Brève à ailes bleues, Brève du Bengale
Frisian: Yndyske pitta
Galician: Pita da India
Croatian: indijska pita
Hungarian: barnasapkás pitta
Indonesian: Paok
Icelandic: Blápjátra
Italian: Pitta indiana
Japanese (romaji): indoyairochou
Japanese: インドヤイロチョウ
Korean: 팔색조
Kirghiz: көк канат питта
Scientific: Brachyurus maculata, Citta abdominalis, Corvus [] brachyurus, Corvus brachyurus, Myothera multicolor, Pitta (Brachyurus) leucoptera, Pitta Bengalensis, Pitta brachyura, Pitta brachyura beryllofulgens, Pitta brachyura pulchra, Pitta leucoptera, Pitta maculata, Tardus Triostegus, Turdus (malacensis), Turdus coronatus
Lithuanian: Bengalinė pita, Indijos pita
Malayalam: കാവി
Marathi: नवरंग
Nepali: गाजले पिट्टा
Dutch: Negenkleurige Pitta
Norwegian Nynorsk: Indiapitta
Norwegian: Indiapitta
Polish: kurtaczek bengalski, Kutaczek bengalski
Portuguese: Pita-da-índia
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-indiana
Russian: Индийская питта, Синекрылая питта
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Avichchiya
Slovak: Pita pestrá
Serbian: Indijska pita
Swedish: indisk juveltrast, Indisk pitta, Kinesisk pitta
Tamil: தோட்டக்கள்ளன்
Turkish: Hint pitası, Hint pittası
Ukrainian: Піта короткохвоста
Chinese: 印度八色鸫, 蓝翅八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 印度藍翅八色鳥
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