Whiskered Pitta / Erythropitta kochi
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Whiskered Pitta
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Protonym: Pitta Kochi Abh.naturwiss.Ver.Bremen 5 p.65 pl.3 fig.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pittidae / Erythropitta
Taxonomy Code: whipit1
Type Locality: Luzon.
Author: Brüggemann
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
kochi / kochii
● Prof. Gottlieb von Koch (1849-1914) German evolutionist, taxidermist, collector, Director of Darmstadt Mus. 1875-1914 (subsp. Coracina striata, Erythropitta).
● Carl Ludwig Koch (1778-1857) German arachnologist, entomologist, systematist (syn. Picoides arcticus).
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)
