Superb Pitta
Pitta superbaRothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1914
English (US) Superb Pitta
The Superb Pitta (Pitta superba) 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: Manus Island (Admiralty Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pitta superba
- Family
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Superb Pitta
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1914
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1914
- Type locality
- Manus Island, Admiralty Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 33 p.106
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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