Green-breasted Pitta
Pitta reichenowiMadarász, G, 1901
English (US) Green-breasted Pitta
The Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta reichenowi) 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: Cameroon to northern Gabon, southwestern Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southwestern UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pitta reichenowi
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-breasted Pitta
- Described by
- Madarász, G, 1901
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Madarász, G, 1901
- Type locality
- Middle Congo River, above Stanley Pool.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 9 p.133
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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