Erythropitta
| Erythropitta | |
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| Black-crowned pitta, Erythropitta ussheri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Erythropitta Bonaparte, 1854 |
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Erythropitta is a genus of pitta. The members of the genus are found mostly in South-east Asia, with one species, the Papuan pitta, ranging into northeast Australia. The genus was formerly merged with the large genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
Taxonomy
[edit]The pittas were at one time all usually placed in the genus Pitta, the only genus in the family Pittidae, but when a 2006 molecular phylogenetic study found that the pittas formed three separate groups, the genus was split and some species were moved into two resurrected genera, Erythropitta and Hydrornis.[1] The genus Erythropitta had been introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Papuan pitta (Erythropitta macklotii).[3] The name Erythropitta combines the Ancient Greek word eruthros "red" with the genus name Pitta.[4]
Pittas in this genus have red or crimson coloured underparts, greenish or blueish backs and short tails. They are mostly small in size.[1]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following 13 species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Erythropitta kochi | Whiskered pitta | Luzon in the Philippines. | |
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Erythropitta erythrogaster | Philippine pitta | Philippines. |
| Erythropitta dohertyi | Sula pitta | Sula and Banggai Islands | |
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Erythropitta celebensis | Sulawesi pitta | Sulawesi, Manterawu, and Togian Islands |
| Erythropitta rubrinucha | South Moluccan pitta | Indonesia on Buru and Seram. | |
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Erythropitta rufiventris | North Moluccan pitta | northern Moluccas |
| Erythropitta meeki | Louisiade pitta | Louisiade Archipelago in Papua New Guinea | |
| Erythropitta novaehibernicae | Bismarck pitta | New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea | |
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Erythropitta macklotii | Papuan pitta | Aru Islands, New Guinea |
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Erythropitta arquata | Blue-banded pitta | Borneo |
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Erythropitta granatina | Garnet pitta | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. |
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Erythropitta venusta | Graceful pitta | Sumatra, Indonesia |
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Erythropitta ussheri | Black-crowned pitta | Sabah in northern Borneo |
References
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- ^ a b Irestedt, M.; Ohlson, J.I.; Zuccon, D.; Källersjö, M.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2006). "Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35 (6): 567–580. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x. S2CID 84788609.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). L'Ateneo Italiano; raccolta di documenti e memorie relative al progresso delle scienze fisiche compilato da S. de Luca e D. Müller. Vol. 2. Paris: Masson. p. 317.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 144.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "NZ wrens, broadbills & pittas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
