South Moluccan Pitta / Erythropitta rubrinucha
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South Moluccan Pitta
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pitta rubrinucha Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.187
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pittidae / Erythropitta
Taxonomy Code: sompit1
Type Locality: Buru.
Author: Wallace
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
rubrinucha
L. ruber, rubra red; Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
SUBSPECIES
South Moluccan Pitta (rubrinucha)
SCI Name: Erythropitta rubrinucha rubrinucha
rubrinucha
L. ruber, rubra red; Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
South Moluccan Pitta (piroensis)
SCI Name: Erythropitta rubrinucha piroensis
piroensis
Piroe, Ceram, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Piru, Indonesia.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
