Azure-breasted Pitta
Pitta steerii(Sharpe, RB, 1876)
English (US) Azure-breasted Pitta
The Azure-breasted Pitta (Pitta steerii) 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 steerii
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Azure-breasted Pitta
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pitta steerii coelestis
- Pitta steerii steerii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Brachyurus Steerii
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1876)
- Type locality
- Dumalon, Mindanao.
- Original description
- Nature 14 p.297
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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