Black-faced Pitta
Pitta anerythraRothschild, LW, 1901
English (US) Black-faced Pitta
The Black-faced Pitta (Pitta anerythra) 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
- Pitta anerythra
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Black-faced Pitta
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1901
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Pitta anerythra pallida
- Pitta anerythra nigrifrons
- Pitta anerythra anerythra
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1901
- Type locality
- Ysabel.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 12 p.22
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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