Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima) [XC820472]
by Barry Edmonston from Weda Tengah, Central Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia (call)
Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima) [XC410495]
by Benny Aladin from Foli, Halmahera, Indonesia (song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Has sometimes been considered closest to Superb Pitta (Pitta superba) and Western Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida), or to form a superspecies with those and Azure-breasted Pitta (Pitta steerii), but morphological differences appear to be too great for this treatment to be acceptable.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
maxima Müller & Schlegel, 1845 - Halmahera, including islands of Kasiruta and Bacan, possibly also Mandioli and Obi.
morotaiensis van Bemmel, 1939 - Morotai. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Morotai Pitta (Pitta morotaiensis).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet