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Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta

Erythropitta [erythrogaster or yairocho] (= Erythropitta erythrogaster) (Temminck, CJ 1823)

The Philippine pitta or blue-breasted pitta, is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It has a pointed beak and has a red belly with a green blue band above. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It was considered the nominate subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. This species has a wingspan of 20 - 25cm and is 17.5 - 20cm tall. In the class Aves it lays eggs and has feathers covering its entire body, it also has wings and can fly. As the illustration on your right shows it has short tail feathers and has a small brown head. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pittidae
Genus:
   Erythropitta
Scientific:
  Erythropitta erythrogaster

Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1823)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.36, vol.2 pl.212

Protonym:
  Pitta erythrogaster

Type locality:
  Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109469#page/445/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E54E08FDEC275AC4

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E54E08FD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E54E08FD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562229

Geographic range:

  • Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster or thompsoni]: Philippines (except Palawan group)
  • Erythropitta erythrogaster propinqua: southwestern Philippines (Palawan and Balabac)
  • Erythropitta yairocho: Sulu Islands, southwestern Philippines
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta
French:
Brève à ventre rouge ou B. des Sulu

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Erythropitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Erythropitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Erythropitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-bellied Pitta ( Pitta erythrogaster) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Pitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Pitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Pitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Pitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta ( Erythropitta [erythrogaster or yairocho])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
eBird version 2016:
Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Philippine Pitta (Philippine) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 7]
eBird version 2024:
Philippine Pitta (Philippine) ( Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group]) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Philippine Pitta ( Erythropitta erythrogaster) [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Erythropitta [erythrogaster, yairocho or inspeculata]

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: pita de ventre roig
Cebuano: lioko
Czech: pita červenobřichá
Danish: Rødbuget Pitta
German: Blaubrustpitta, Philippinen-Blaubrustpitta, Philippinen-Blaubrustpitta [erythrogaster-Gruppe]
English: Blue-breasted Pitta, Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted), Philippine Pitta, Philippine Pitta (Philippine), Red-bellied or Sulu Pitta, Red-bellied Pitta
English, HBW: Philippine Pitta
English (IOC): Philippine Pitta (Blue-breasted)
English (Philippines): Red-bellied Pitta
English (United States): Blue-breasted Pitta (Blue-breasted)
Esperanto: Ruĝventra pito
Spanish: Pita Ventrirroja, Pita Ventrirroja (grupo erythrogaster)
Spanish (Spain): Pita ventrirroja (grupo erythrogaster)
Estonian: sinipugu-pita
Finnish: sundanpitta
French: Brève à ventre rouge, Brève à ventre rouge (erythrogaster), Brève à ventre rouge [erythrogaster], Brève à ventre rouge ou B. des Sulu
Hungarian: vöröshasú pitta
Indonesian: Paok Mopo
Icelandic: Glóðarpjátra [erythrogaster hópur]
Italian: Pitta panciarossa
Japanese (romaji): akaharayairochou, akaharayairochou (erythrogaster guru-pu)
Japanese: アカハラヤイロチョウ, アカハラヤイロチョウ (erythrogaster グループ), アカハラヤイロチョウ（erythrogaster グループ）
Scientific: Erythropitta [erythrogaster or yairocho], Erythropitta erythrogaster, Erythropitta erythrogaster [erythrogaster Group], Pitta [erythrogaster or yairocho], Pitta erythrogaster, Pitta erythrogaster erythrogaster
Lithuanian: Raudonpilvė pita
Dutch: Roodbuikpitta
Norwegian: Rødbukpitta, rødbukpitta (erythrogaster gr.)
Polish: kurtaczek czerwonobrzuchy, kurtaczek czerwonobrzuchy [gr. erythrogaster]
Portuguese (Portugal): pita-filipina [grupo erythrogaster]
Russian: Краснобрюхая питта, Краснобрюхая питта [группа erythrogaster]
Slovak: pita červenobruchá, pita červenobruchá (skup.)
Serbian: Plavogruda pita, Plavogruda pita [erythrogaster grupa]
Swedish: filippinjuveltrast [gruppen erythrogaster], rödbukig juveltrast
Turkish: Mavi yakalı pitta [erythrogaster grubu]
Ukrainian: Піта червоночерева
Chinese: 红胸八色鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 紅腹八色鳥

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