Banda Sea pitta
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Pitta |
| Species: | P. vigorsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pitta vigorsii Gould, 1838 | |
The Banda Sea pitta or two-striped pitta (Pitta vigorsii) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. It is found in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Morphology
The Banda Sea Pitta has a white supercilium, a white wing patch, and a belly patch that fades from black in the upper portion to red in the lower portion.[1]
The Banda Sea Pitta is distinguished from other nearby Pitta species by its completely white throat.
Taxonomy and etymology
The Banda Sea Pitta was previously thought to be a subsepecies of the Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans).[1]
The common name refers to the Banda Sea surrounding the islands which the species inhabits.[1]
Lambert suggests that the Banda Sea Pitta is descended from a migratory ancestral species which colonized multiple islands.[2]
Distribution
The Banded Sea pitta is endemic to the islands of the Lesser Sundaic archipelago in Wallacea, Indonesia;[1] specifically evidence for its presence has been noted on the Kai Kecil islands,[1] the mTanbar islands,[1] Tepa,[3] Romang,[3] Sermata,[3] and Nyata.[3] P. virgosii lives in woodlands and seasonal monsoon forests.[1]
Behavior and ecology
The species produces both two-and three note element motifs, a unique feature among the local Pitta species. The pauses between elements are longer in P. vigorsii than in other Pitta species. The species may be seasonally vocal.[1]
Links
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Yue, Arya Y.; Ng, Elize Y. X.; Eaton, James A.; Rheindt, Frank E. (28 October 2020). "Species limits in the Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans) complex from Wallacea based on bioacoustic and morphometric analysis". Avian Research. 11 (1): 42. doi:10.1186/s40657-020-00227-4. ISSN 2053-7166.
- ↑ Lambert, Frank (23 April 2026). Pittas, Broadbills and Asities: Second Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-8400-5.
- 1 2 3 4 Trainor, Dr Colin R. (2013). "New distributional records from forgotten Banda Sea islands: the birds of Babar, Romang, Sermata, Leti and Kisar, Maluku, Indonesia" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologist's Club. 133 (4).
- International Ornithological Congress (23 January 2021). "IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 23 January 2021.