Biak Hooded Pitta
Pitta rosenbergii
Beautiful leaf-green pitta of Biak Island, off northwestern New Guinea. Like the other “Hooded-type” pittas with which it was formerly grouped, this species has a black head, powder-blue shoulder patch, and red on the lower belly and undertail. In addition, this species has a broad deep blue border to the red belly patch, much like the Eastern Hooded Pittas on neighboring Numfor Island. Song is a rather harsh, rolling “weer, weer.”
分类信息
The Biak hooded pitta was formally described in 1871 by the German naturalist Hermann Schlegel from a specimen that had been collected by Hermann von Rosenberg. Schlegel coined the binomial name Pitta rosenbergii where the specific epithet was chosen to honour the collector. The Biak hooded pitta was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the hooded pitta (Pitta sordida) (renamed as the western hooded pitta). It is now considered as a separate species based on the genetic, morphological and vocal differences. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
- 学名
- Pitta rosenbergii
- 命名信息
- Schlegel, 1871
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Pittidae
- 属
- Pitta
分布与栖息地
- 迁徙
- Resident species
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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