Pittidae

Pitta brachyura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pittoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Eurylaimides Superfamilia: Pittoidea

Familia: Pittidae
Genera: Erythropitta – Hydrornis – Pitta

Name

Pittidae Swainson, 1832 or Bonaparte, 1850

• Typus: Pitta Vieillot, 1816

References

Primary references

• Swainson, W.J. Northern Zoology. Part II Aves. In: Swainson, W.J. & Richardson, J. 1831. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, The Birds. pp. 1–523. John Murray. London DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 p. 172 "Pittae" BHL Reference page. 
• Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus generum avium. Tome I. pp. [1–5], 1–543. Lugduni Batavorum (Leida). (E.J. Brill). p. 253 "Pittidae BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281. hdl: 2246/830 Reference page.  p.147; 262
• Olson, S.L. 1995. Reviewed Work: History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 222 by W.J. Bock. The Auk. 112 (2): 539–546. DOI: 10.2307/4088759 PDF available Reference page.  p. 544
• 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). Zoologica Scripta 35(6): 567–580. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00249.x PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pittas
English: Pitta
español: Pita
français: Brève
hrvatski: Pite
polski: Kurtaczki
português: pita
ไทย: นกแต้วแร้ว, นกแต้วแล้ว
Türkçe: Pittagiller
中文: 八色鸫科

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