Pitta

From Telugu పిట్ట (piṭṭa).

Pitta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pittidae – many of the pittas.

Following a 2006 study, a number of species previously in Pitta were reclassified into two newly created genera within family Pittidae.

• (genus): Pitta anerythra, Pitta angolensis, Pitta brachyura, Pitta dohertyi, Pitta elegans, Pitta iris, Pitta maxima, Pitta megarhyncha, Pitta moluccensis, Pitta nympha, Pitta reichenowi, Pitta sordida, Pitta steerii, Pitta superba, Pitta versicolor (species)

• Pitta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pitta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
• Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006), “Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)”, in Zoologica Scripta‎, volume 35, DOI:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x, pages 567–580