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Elegant pitta, the Glossary

The elegant pitta (Pitta elegans) is a species of passerine bird in the pitta family Pittidae.^[1]

28 relations: Bali, Binomial nomenclature, Blue-winged pitta, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, East Timor, Endemism, Ernst Hartert, Flores, Forest, Habitat, Indian pitta, Indonesia, Kisar, Lesser Sunda Islands, Lombok, Maluku Islands, Meise, Noisy pitta, Nusa Penida, Passerine, Pitta, Selayar Islands, Semau, Species description, Subspecies, Sulawesi, Sumba, Timor.
Birds of Indonesia
Pitta (genus)

Bali

Bali (English:; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Blue-winged pitta

The blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. Elegant pitta and blue-winged pitta are pitta (genus).

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director.

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East Timor

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by Indonesia.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Ernst Hartert

Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (29 October 1859 – 11 November 1933) was a widely published German ornithologist.

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Flores

Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Indian pitta

The Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent. Elegant pitta and Indian pitta are pitta (genus).

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Kisar

Kisar, also known as Yotowawa, is a small island in the Southwestern Moluccas in Indonesia, located to the northeast of Timor Island.

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Lesser Sunda Islands

The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda Kecil, Tetun: Illá Sunda ki'ik sirá; Balinese: Kapuloan Sunda cénik), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, or "Southeast Islands"), are an archipelago in Indonesian archipelago.

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Lombok

Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia.

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Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia.

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Meise

Meise is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium.

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Noisy pitta

The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. Elegant pitta and noisy pitta are pitta (genus).

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Nusa Penida

Nusa Penida (nusa pĕnida) is an island located near the southeastern Indonesian island of Bali and a district of Klungkung Regency that includes the neighbouring small island of Nusa Lembongan and twelve even smaller islands.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Pitta

Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds found in Asia, Australasia and Africa.

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Selayar Islands

Selayar or Saleyer (Indonesian: Kabupaten Selayar, Dutch: Saleijer), is an archipelago of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.

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Semau

Semau, also known as Pusmau and Pasar Pusmau, is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Sulawesi

Sulawesi, also known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.

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Sumba

Sumba (Soemba-eiland; pulau Sumba), natively also spelt as Humba, Hubba, Suba, or Zuba (in Sumba languages) is an Indonesian island (part of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago group) located in the Eastern Indonesia and administratively part of the East Nusa Tenggara provincial territory.

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Timor

Timor (Ilha de Timor, Illa Timór, Pulau Timor) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_pitta

Also known as Double-striped Pitta, Pitta elegans.