Indian Pitta
Pitta brachyura(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Indian Pitta
The Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) 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: widespread Indian subcontinentRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pitta brachyura
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Pitta
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus brachyurus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- 'Moluccas,' error for Ceylon.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.158
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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