Blue-banded Pitta
Erythropitta arquata(Gould, J, 1871)
English (US) Blue-banded Pitta
The Blue-banded Pitta (Erythropitta arquata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pittidae (Pittas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: primary submontane forest of northern half of BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Erythropitta arquata
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-banded Pitta
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pitta (Phoenicocichla) arquata
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1871)
- Type locality
- Borneo. [Salvadori's emendation (1874) to arcuata has been universally adopted for the last 100 years.]
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.7, no.41 p.340
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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