Fairy Pitta
Pitta nymphaTemminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1850
English (US) Fairy Pitta
The Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) 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: breeds southern Japan to Korea and southeastern China; winters to southeastern Asia and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pitta nympha
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Fairy Pitta
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1850
- Type locality
- Korea.
- Original description
- Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves p.135 Append.suppl.pl.A
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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