Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (3)
Guy M. Kirwan, Johannes Erritzoe, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.1 — Published September 17, 2021
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | pita elegant |
| Dutch | Elegante Pitta |
| English | Elegant Pitta |
| English (United States) | Elegant Pitta |
| French | Brève élégante |
| French (France) | Brève élégante |
| German | Schmuckpitta |
| Indonesian | Paok laus-selatan |
| Japanese | ティモールノドグロヤイロチョウ |
| Norwegian | elegantpitta |
| Polish | kurtaczek ozdobny |
| Russian | Стройная питта |
| Serbian | Žutoobrvasta kitnjasta pita |
| Slovak | pita pôvabná |
| Spanish | Pita Elegante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pita elegante |
| Swedish | praktjuveltrast |
| Turkish | Ekru Göğüslü Pitta |
| Ukrainian | Піта жовтоброва |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan standardized the account's content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Pitta elegans Temminck, 1836
PROTONYM:
Pitta elegans
Temminck, 1836. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.100, pl.591.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Timor.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PITTA
- elegans
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)
