Elegant Pitta

Pitta elegans - Brève élégante

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Pittidés
Genus
:
Pitta
Species
:
elegans

Descriptor

Temminck, 1836

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 48 à 63 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans) is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Pitta elegans elegans (islands between e Sulawesi and w New Guinea)
Pitta elegans virginalis (Tanahjampea, Kalaotoa, and Kalao. between Sulawesi and Flores.)
Pitta elegans maria (Sumba. s Lesser Sundas.)

Foreign names

Brève élégante,
Pita elegante,
pita-elegante,
Schmuckpitta,
ékszerpitta,
Elegante Pitta,
Pitta elegante,
praktjuveltrast,
Elegantpitta,
pita pôvabná,
pita ozdobná,
Pragtpitta,
kaunopitta,
pita elegant,
kurtaczek ozdobny,
Стройная питта,
Paok laus,
ティモールノドグロヤイロチョウ,
华丽八色鸫,
優雅八色鳥,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Pittas, Broadbills and Asities, Frank Lambert
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest