Sangihe Pitta / Erythropitta caeruleitorques

Sangihe Pitta / Erythropitta caeruleitorques

Sangihe Pitta

SCI Name:  Erythropitta caeruleitorques
Protonym:  Pitta caeruleitorques Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 9 p.53
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sanpit1
Type Locality:  Petta, Sanglr Islands.
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Publish Year:  1876
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DEFINITIONS

ERYTHROPITTA
(Pittidae; Macklot's Pitta E. macklotii) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; genus Pitta Vieillot, 1816, pitta; "They are characterized by the unpatterned face and throat; breast band distinct from belly patch; belly all red; and no prominent turquoise shoulder patch" (Beehler & Pratt 2016); "Erythropitta, Bp. — 187. mackloti, Temm. — 188. celebensis, Forst. — 189. erythrogastra, Cuv. — 190. venusta, Mull. — 191. granatina, Temm. (coccinea, Eyt.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Erythropitta Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 144 (Appendix)), Pitta macklotii Temminck, 1834." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Monilipitta, Phoeniocichla, Purpureipitta.

caeruleitorques
L. caeruleus  dark-blue; torquis or torques  collar, necklace  < torquere  to twist.