Louisiade Pitta
Erythropitta meeki(Rothschild, LW, 1898)
English (US) Louisiade Pitta
The Louisiade Pitta (Erythropitta meeki) 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: Rossel (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Erythropitta meeki
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Louisiade Pitta
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1898)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pitta meeki
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1898)
- Type locality
- Rossel Island.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 8 p.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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