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)
Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura Scientific name definitions
Johannes Erritzoe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 22, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 22, 2014
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
Authors
Johannes Erritzoe
Recommended Citation
Erritzoe, J. (2020). Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.indpit1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 22, 2014
- Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura
Authors
Johannes Erritzoe
Recommended Citation
Erritzoe, J. (2014). Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
