Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Johannes Erritzoe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 22, 2014
Text last updated January 22, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | pita de l'Índia |
| Chinese (SIM) | 印度八色鸫 |
| Czech | pita devítibarvá |
| Dutch | Negenkleurige Pitta |
| English | Indian Pitta |
| English (United States) | Indian Pitta |
| French | Brève du Bengale |
| French (France) | Brève du Bengale |
| German | Bengalenpitta |
| Icelandic | Blápjátra |
| Japanese | インドヤイロチョウ |
| Kannada | ನವರಂಗ |
| Malayalam | കാവി |
| Marathi | नवरंग |
| Norwegian | indiapitta |
| Polish | kurtaczek bengalski |
| Russian | Индийская питта |
| Serbian | Indijska pita |
| Slovak | pita pestrá |
| Spanish | Pita India |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pita india |
| Swedish | indisk juveltrast |
| Turkish | Hint Pittası |
| Ukrainian | Піта короткохвоста |
Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Corvus brachyurus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.158.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Moluccas,' error for Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PITTA
- brachyura / brachyuros / brachyurum
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Indian Pitta
