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Sulawesi pitta

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Species of bird

Sulawesi pitta
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species: E. celebensis
Binomial name
Erythropitta celebensis
(Müller, S & Schlegel, 1845)
Synonyms

Erythropitta erythrogaster celebensis

The Sulawesi pitta (Erythropitta celebensis) is a species of pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in Sulawesi, Manterawu, and Togian Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

The Sulawesi pitta was formally described in 1845 by the German naturalists Salomon Müller and Hermann Schlegel based on a specimen collected by the Dutch narualist Eltio Alegondas Forsten near Tondano on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. They placed the species in the genus Pitta and coined the binomial name Pitta celebensis, where the specific epithet is a former name for Sulawesi. The Sulawesi pitta is now placed in the genus Erythropitta that was introduced in 1854 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte.

Three subspecies are recognised:

Juvenile at Tangkoko, Sulawesi

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Erythropitta celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103656387A112305477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103656387A112305477.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Müller, Salomon; Schlegel, Hermann (1845). Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis (in Dutch). Vol. 3: Zoologie. Pitta. Leiden: In commissie bij. S. en J. Luchtmans en C.C. van der Hoek. p. 18. For the publication date see: Husson, A.M.; Holthuis, L.B. (1955). "The dates of publication of "Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen" edited by C. J. Temminck". Zoologische Mededelingen. 34 (2): 17–24.
  3. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 317.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "NZ wrens, broadbills & pittas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Erythropitta celebensis
Pitta erythrogaster celebensis


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