Blue-breasted Pitta

SCI Name:  Erythropitta erythrogaster
Protonym:  Pitta erythrogaster Pl.Col. livr.36 pl.212
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae / Erythropitta
Taxonomy Code:  rebpit1
Type Locality:  Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1823
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ERYTHROPITTA
(Pittidae; † Macklot's Pitta E. macklotii) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; genus Pitta Vieillot, 1816, pitta; "They are characterized by the unpatterned face and throat; breast band distinct from belly patch; belly all red; and no prominent turquoise shoulder patch" (Beehler & Pratt 2016); "Erythropitta, Bp. — 187. mackloti, Temm. — 188. celebensis, Forst. — 189. erythrogastra, Cuv. — 190. venusta, Mull. — 191. granatina, Temm. (coccinea, Eyt.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Erythropitta Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 144 (Appendix)), Pitta macklotii Temminck, 1834." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Monilipitta, Phoeniocichla, Purpureipitta.

erythrogaster / erythrogastra / erythrogastrus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Martins-pecheurs du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 356, fig. 2 (syn. Alcedo cristata).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 1 (Hirundo).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Lamprotornis pulcher).
● ex “Red-bellied Flycatcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Petroica multicolor).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted)
SCI Name: Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]
ERYTHROPITTA
(Pittidae; † Macklot's Pitta E. macklotii) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; genus Pitta Vieillot, 1816, pitta; "They are characterized by the unpatterned face and throat; breast band distinct from belly patch; belly all red; and no prominent turquoise shoulder patch" (Beehler & Pratt 2016); "Erythropitta, Bp. — 187. mackloti, Temm. — 188. celebensis, Forst. — 189. erythrogastra, Cuv. — 190. venusta, Mull. — 191. granatina, Temm. (coccinea, Eyt.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Erythropitta Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 144 (Appendix)), Pitta macklotii Temminck, 1834." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Monilipitta, Phoeniocichla, Purpureipitta.

Blue-breasted Pitta (Talaud)
SCI Name: Erythropitta erythrogaster inspeculata
inspeculata
L. in-  not; speculatus  adorned with mirrors  < speculum  mirror < specere  to behold (cf. unattested Late L. inspeculatus  examined).