Minahasa Hooded Pitta
Pitta forsteni(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Minahasa Hooded Pitta
The Minahasa Hooded Pitta (Pitta forsteni) 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: northern Sulawesi (Minahasa Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pitta forsteni
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Minahasa Hooded Pitta
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Brachyurus (Pitta) forsteni
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- Tondano, Celebes. (Not Citta Melanocephal. [a] Wagler, 1827.)
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.256
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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