Pitta

See also: pitta

Translingual

Pitta sordida

Etymology

From Telugu పిట్ట (piṭṭa).

Proper noun

Pitta f

A taxonomic genus within the family Pittidae – many of the pittas.

Usage notes

Following a 2006 study, a number of species previously in Pitta were reclassified into two newly created genera within family Pittidae.

Hyponyms

(genus): Pitta anerythra, Pitta angolensis, Pitta brachyura, Pitta dohertyi, Pitta elegans, Pitta iris, Pitta maxima, Pitta megarhyncha, Pitta moluccensis, Pitta nympha, Pitta reichenowi, Pitta sordida, Pitta steerii, Pitta superba, Pitta versicolor (species)

References

Pitta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pitta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006), “Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)”, in Zoologica Scripta‎, volume 35, DOI:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x, pages 567–580

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