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PITTIDAE - Pittas¹ (1:29)

PITTA Vieillot, 1816 F - Brève Buffon; type by monotypy = Corvus brachyurus Linnaeus, 1766 ²

Pitta erythrogaster³ Red-bellied Pitta

1 erythrogaster Temminck, 1823 iPhilippines (except Palawan and satellites)

1 thompsoni Ripley & Rabor, 1962 iCulion (Philippines)

1 propinqua (Sharpe, 1877) vPalawan, Balabac (Philippines)

1 inspeculata A.B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894 vTalaud Is.

2 caeruleitorques Salvadori, 1876 iSangir (Sangir Is.)

2 palliceps Brüggemann, 1876 iSiau, Tahulandang (Sangir Is.)

2 celebensis S. Müller & Schlegel, 1845 vSulawesi

2 dohertyi Rothschild, 1898⁴ iBanggai Is., Sula Is.

3 rufiventris (F. Heine, Sr., 1860) αvMorotai, Halmahera, Bacan (N Moluccas)

3 cyanonota G.R. Gray, 1861 αvTernate (N Moluccas)

3 obiensis Hachisuka, 1935 vObi (N Moluccas)

3 bernsteini Junge, 1958 iGebe (N Moluccas)

4 rubrinucha Wallace, 1862 iBuru (S Moluccas)

4 piroensis Muir & Kershaw, 1910 vSeram (S Moluccas)

5 kuehni Rothschild, 1899 iKai Is. (SE Moluccas)

5 aruensis Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1901 vAru Is. (off SW New Guinea)

5 macklotii Temminck, 1834⁵ iWestern Papuan Is. (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool), lowland NW, SW, SC and SE New Guinea (except extreme SE)

5 loriae Salvadori, 1890 iLowland extreme SE New Guinea (west to R. Kumusi and Cloudy Bay)

5 finschii E.P. Ramsay, 1884 iGoodenough I., Fergusson I. (D'Entrecasteaux Arch.)

5 digglesi Krefft, 1869⁶ iNE Australia (Cape York Pen.) >> lowland S New Guinea

6 habenichti Finsch, 1912 iLowland N New Guinea (Cenderawasih Bay to Astrolabe Bay)

7 extima Mayr, 1955 vNew Hanover (Bismarck Arch.)

7 splendida Mayr, 1955 vTabar (Tabar Is., Bismarck Arch.)

7 novaehibernicae E.P. Ramsay, 1878 iNew Ireland, Djaul I. (subsp.?) (Bismarck Arch.)

7 gazellae Neumann, 1908 iNew Britain, Umboi (Bismarck Arch.)

8 meeki Rothschild, 1898 iRossel (Louisiade Arch.)

Pitta kochi Brüggemann, 1876 Whiskered Pitta

iMountains of Luzon (Philippines)

Pitta venusta ⁷ S. Müller, 1836 Graceful Pittaα

vUpland Sumatra

Pitta arquata ⁸ Gould, 1871 Blue-banded Pitta

vUpland Borneo

Pitta granatina Garnet Pitta

coccinea Eyton, 1839 vS Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra

ussheri Gould, 1877⁹ iN Borneo

granatina Temminck, 1830 vBorneo (except range of ussheri)

Pitta phayrei ¹⁰ (Blyth, 1862) Eared Pittaα

iContinental SE Asia (except S Vietnam)

Pitta oatesi Rusty-naped Pitta

castaneiceps Delacour & Jabouille, 1930 iSE China, NE Laos, N Vietnam

oatesi (Hume, 1873) iN and W continental SE Asia (E Myanmar to NW Laos)

bolovenensis Delacour, 1932 vMountains of S Laos and C Vietnam

deborah B.F. King, 1978 iMountains of S Thai-Malay Pen.

Pitta nipalensis Blue-naped Pitta

nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) vSW China, Himalayan foothills (east from C Nepal), NE India, E Bangladesh, Myanmar (except E)

hendeei Bangs & Van Tyne, 1931 iN continental SE Asia (E Myanmar to N Vietnam)

Pitta soror Blue-rumped Pitta

tonkinensis Delacour, 1927 vS China, N Vietnam

douglasi Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 iHainan

petersi Delacour, 1934 iNC Vietnam

soror Wardlaw Ramsay, 1881 iS Laos, C and S Vietnam

flynnstonei Rozendaal, 1993 iExtreme SE Thailand, S Cambodia [Rozendaal, 1993 #3411]

Pitta caerulea Giant Pitta

caerulea (Raffles, 1822) vExtreme SW continental SE Asia, Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra

hosei E.C.S. Baker, 1918 iBorneo

Pitta schneideri E. Hartert, 1909 Schneider's Pitta

iMountains of Sumatra

Pitta cyanea Blue Pitta

cyanea Blyth, 1843 vS Yunnan, NE India, E Bangladesh, continental SE Asia (excluding NW and E), N Thai-Malay Pen.

willoughbyi Delacour, 1926 iC Laos, S Vietnam

aurantiaca Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 vSE Thailand, Cambodia

Pitta gurneyi Hume, 1875 Gurney's Pitta

iS Tenasserim, (formerly SW Thailand), N Thai-Malay Pen.

Pitta elliotii Oustalet, 1874 Elliot's Pitta/Bar-bellied Pitta

iE continental SE Asia

Pitta guajana¹¹ Banded Pitta

irena Temminck, 1836¹² iThai-Malay Pen. (except extreme N), Sumatra

guajana (Statius Muller, 1776)^13,14 vJava, Bali

schwaneri Bonaparte, 1850 iBorneo

Pitta baudii ¹⁵ S. Müller & Schlegel, 1839 Blue-headed Pittaα

iBorneo

Pitta angolensis African Pitta

pulih Fraser, 1843 iSierra Leone to W Togo; SW Nigeria to SW Cameroon

reichenowi von Madarász, 1901¹⁶ S Cameroon to W Uganda, south to C DR Congo

angolensis Vieillot, 1816 vS Gabon to N Angola

longipennis Reichenow, 1901 vSE Tanzania to Zimbabwe and C Mozambique >> N DR Congo, S Uganda, coastal Kenya

Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus, 1766) Indian Pitta

vHimalayan foothills (Pakistan to C Nepal), NC India >> S India, Sri Lanka

Pitta moluccensis (Statius Muller, 1776) Blue-winged Pittaα

vS Yunnan, continental SE Asia (except NW and NE), Thai-Malay Pen. (except extreme S) >> S Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo (where some may breed)

Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863 Mangrove Pitta

vCoasts of Bangladesh, Myanmar, W Thai-Malay Pen., E Sumatra and W Borneo

Pitta nympha Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 Fairy Pitta

iC and S Japan, S Korea, SE China, Taiwan >> C and E continental SE Asia, Borneo

Pitta elegans Elegant Pitta

virginalis E. Hartert, 1896¹⁷ vFlores Sea islands

vigorsii Gould, 1838 iKaledupa (Tukangbesi Is.), Banda Is., Watubela Is., Tayandu Is., Kai Is. (S and SE Moluccas), Damar to Tanimbar Is. (E Lesser Sundas)

hutzi Meise, 1941 iPenida I. (off SE Bali)

concinna Gould, 1857¹⁸ vLombok to Alor (W and C Lesser Sundas)

maria E. Hartert, 1896 iSumba >> Flores (W Lesser Sundas)

elegans Temminck, 1836 iRoti to Kisar (E Lesser Sundas) >> satellites of N and E Sulawesi, NW and S Moluccas

Pitta sordida Hooded Pitta

cucullata Hartlaub, 1843 vYunnan, Himalayan foothills (east from Himachal Pradesh), NE India, NE Bangladesh, mainland SE Asia (except S Thai-Malay Pen.) >> C (?) and S Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java

abbotti Richmond, 1902 iNicobars

mulleri (Bonaparte, 1850) iGreater Sundas, Sulu Arch. (Sibutu)

bangkana Schlegel, 1863 vBangka I. and Belitung I. (off SE Sumatra)

sordida (Statius Muller, 1776) vPhilippines (except Palawan and Balabac)

palawanensis Parkes, 1960 vBalabac, Palawan (Philippines)

sanghirana Schlegel, 1866 vSangir (Sangir Is.)

forsteni (Bonaparte, 1850) iN Sulawesi

novaeguineae S. Müller & Schlegel, 1845¹⁹ iN Moluccas (Gebe), Western Papuan Is. (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool), lowland New Guinea, Karkar I.

rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871²⁰ αiBiak I. (in Cenderawasih Bay)

mefoorana Schlegel, 1874 vNumfoor I. (in Cenderawasih Bay)

goodfellowi C.M.N. White, 1937 iAru Is. (off SW New Guinea)

Pitta steerii Azure-breasted Pitta

coelestis Parkes, 1971 vSamar, Leyte, Bohol (Philippines)

steerii (Sharpe, 1876) δiMindanao (Philippines)

Pitta versicolor Noisy Pitta

simillima Gould, 1868 vLowland SC New Guinea (Trans-Fly region), NE Australia (Cape York Pen.)

intermedia Mathews, 1912 vCoastal NE and EC Queensland

versicolor Swainson, 1825 iSE Queensland, NE and EC New South Wales

Pitta maxima Ivory-breasted Pitta

morotaiensis van Bemmel, 1939 vMorotai (N Moluccas)

maxima S. Müller & Schlegel, 1845 vHalmahera, Bacan (N Moluccas)

Pitta anerythra Black-faced Pitta

pallida Rothschild, 1904 vBougainville (N Solomons)

nigrifrons Mayr, 1935 iChoiseul (C Solomons)

anerythra Rothschild, 1901 vSanta Isabel (C Solomons)

Pitta superba Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1914 Superb Pitta

vAdmiralty Is. (Bismarck Arch.)

Pitta iris Rainbow Pitta

iris Gould, 1842 iNC Australia (Arnhem Land)

johnstoneiana Schodde & Mason, 1999 vNW Australia (Kimberley Division) [Schodde, 1999 #3524]

1 Relationships to the Eurylaimidae and sister taxa explained by Ericson et al. (2003) [Ericson, 2003 #1507], Chesser (2004) [Chesser, 2004 #744], Moyle et al. (2006) [Moyle, 2006 #9980] and Irestedt et al. (2006) [Irestedt, 2006 #9540].

2 Species sequence is based on Irestedt et al. (2006) [Irestedt, 2006 #9540] who sampled almost all species. They proposed recognition of additional genera Erythropitta and Hydrornis.

3 See Irestedt et al. (2013) [Irestedt, 2013 #14382] for a review of this species in which multiple splits are proposed; the eight clades in their fig. 2 we here signal as subspecies groups.

4 For reasons to maintain subspecies rank for this well-marked form see Rheindt (2010) [Rheindt, 2010 #12173].

5 Includes oblita.

6 For recognition see Schodde & Mason (1999) [Schodde, 1999 #3524].

7 For date correction see Richmond (1926) [Richmond, 1926 #3268].

8 Spelling discussed by Dickinson & Dekker (2000) [Dickinson, 2000 #1366].

9 Treated as a race of venusta by Mayr (1979) [Mayr, 1979 #2567], but see Rozendaal (1994) [Rozendaal, 1994 #3412].

10 For unique acoustic display suggesting that use of genus name Anthocincla might be justified see Round (2002) [Round, 2002 #3397].

11 For proposed recognition of irena and schwaneri at species level see Rheindt & Eaton (2010) [Rheindt, 2010 #12502].

12 Includes ripleyi; see Lambert & Woodcock (1996) [Lambert, 1996 #2311].

13 For choice of P.L. Statius Muller rather than P.L.S. Müller see fn. p. 170 in Holthuis & Junge (1958) [Holthuis, 1958 #10215].

14 Includes affinis see Mees (1996) [Mees, 1996 #2638] and bangkae see Mees (1986) [Mees, 1986 #2631].

15 For date correction see Dickinson et al. (2000) [Dickinson, 2000 #1366].

16 For treatment as a subspecies of P. angolensis see Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett (2007) [Dowsett-Lemaire, 2007 #10783].

17 Includes plesseni and kalaoensis; see Dickinson et al. (2000) [Dickinson, 2000 #1366].

18 Includes mathilda and everetti; see Dickinson et al. (2000) [Dickinson, 2000 #1366].

19 Includes hebetior see Diamond & LeCroy (1979) [Diamond, 1979 #1320].

20 See Pieters & Dickinson (2005) [Pieters, 2005 #3077].