Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (2)
Johannes Erritzoe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 3, 2012
Text last updated December 3, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | pita gegant |
| Dutch | Reuzenpitta |
| English | Giant Pitta |
| English (United States) | Giant Pitta |
| French | Brève géante |
| French (France) | Brève géante |
| German | Riesenpitta |
| Indonesian | Paok sintau |
| Japanese | オニヤイロチョウ |
| Norwegian | kjempepitta |
| Polish | kurtaczek olbrzymi |
| Russian | Большая питта |
| Serbian | Džinovska pita |
| Slovak | pita veľká |
| Spanish | Pita Gigante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pita gigante |
| Swedish | jättejuveltrast |
| Thai | นกแต้วแล้วยักษ์ |
| Turkish | Büyük Pitta |
| Ukrainian | Піта велика |
Hydrornis caeruleus (Raffles, 1822)
PROTONYM:
Myiothera caerulea
Raffles, 1822. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 13, p.301.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sumatra.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDRORNIS
- caeruleus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Giant Pitta
