North Moluccan Pitta
Erythropitta rufiventris(Heine, F, 1860)
English (US) North Moluccan Pitta
The North Moluccan Pitta (Erythropitta rufiventris) 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.
- Scientific name
- Erythropitta rufiventris
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- North Moluccan Pitta
- Described by
- (Heine, F, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Erythropitta rufiventris rufiventris
- Erythropitta rufiventris obiensis
- Erythropitta rufiventris cyanonota
- Erythropitta rufiventris bernsteini
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coloburis rufiventris
- Described by
- (Heine, F, 1860)
- Type locality
- unknown; Batjan designated by Hartert, 1903, Novit. Zool., 10, pp. 13, 57.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 7, no.42 p.406
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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