Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima)

Other Names (World)
Ivory-breasted Pitta, Great Pitta, Halmahera Pitta, Moluccan Pitta

Family
Pittidae (Pittas)

Size
25 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
M�ller & Schlegel, 1845

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima) [XC22453]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Sidangoli, Halmahera, Indonesia (call, agitated call)

Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima) [XC612442]
by Barry Edmonston from Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Has sometimes been considered closest to Superb Pitta (Pitta superba) and 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 M�ller & 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).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima) - 10 files

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