Elegant Pitta
Pitta elegansTemminck, CJ, 1836
English (US) Elegant Pitta
The Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans) 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 elegans
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Elegant Pitta
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1836
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Pitta elegans virginalis
- Pitta elegans maria
- Pitta elegans elegans
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1836
- Type locality
- Timor.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.100, vol.2 pl.591
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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