Superb Pitta Pitta superba Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Johannes Erritzoe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 30, 2014
Text last updated September 30, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | pita superba |
| Dutch | Prachtpitta |
| English | Superb Pitta |
| English (United States) | Superb Pitta |
| French | Brève superbe |
| French (France) | Brève superbe |
| German | Manuspitta |
| Japanese | セグロヤイロチョウ |
| Norwegian | satengpitta |
| Polish | kurtaczek wspaniały |
| Russian | Великолепная питта |
| Serbian | Plavokrila crna pita |
| Slovak | pita skvostná |
| Spanish | Pita Soberbia |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pita soberbia |
| Swedish | manusjuveltrast |
| Turkish | Muhteşem Pitta |
| Ukrainian | Піта королівська |
Pitta superba Rothschild & Hartert, 1914
PROTONYM:
Pitta superba
Rothschild & Hartert, 1914. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 33, p.106.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Manus Island, Admiralty Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PITTA
- superba / superbus
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 Superb Pitta
