Superb Pitta

SCI Name:  Pitta superba
Protonym:  Pitta superba Bull.Br.Orn.Club 33 p.106
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pittidae / Pitta
Taxonomy Code:  suppit1
Type Locality:  Manus Island, Admiralty Islands.
Author:  Rothschild & Hartert
Publish Year:  1914
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

PITTA
(Pittidae; Ϯ Indian Pitta P. brachyura) Telugu Dravidian name pitta pretty bauble or pet; "137. BRÈVE, Pitta.  Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath.   Bec robuste, un peu épais à la base, droit, convexe en dessus, comprimé, pointu; mandibule supérieure échancrée vers le bout; l'inférieure entière, égale. — Ailes longues. — Queue courte.   Esp. Brève, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Pitta Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 42. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 43), Corvus triostegus Sparrman = Corvus brachyurus Linnaeus." (Mayr in Peters 1979, VIII, 310).   
Var. Pelta.   
Synon. Austropitta, Brachyurus, Calopitta, Cervinipitta, Citta, Coloburis, Cyanopitta, Galeripitta, Melanopitta, Merula, Pulchripitta.

superba / superbus
L. superbus superb, splendid, magnificent < super above.
● ex “Sougnimbindou” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Cinnyris).
● ex “Cock Purple-breasted Manakin” of Edwards 1764, and “Cotinga Cordon Bleu” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Cotinga maculata).
● ex “Merle vert d’Angola” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 561 (syn. Lamprotornis australis).
● ex “Superbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 632 (Lophorina).
● ex “Aigle moyen de la Guiane” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1784, and “Autour Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 26 (syn. Spizaetus ornatus).
● ex “Bec-de-Fer” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 79 (artefact).