Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Pittidae > Pitta > Pitta erythrogaster

Pitta erythrogaster (Red-bellied Pitta)

Synonyms: Erythropitta erythrogaster (homotypic); Erythropitta erythrogaster erythrogaster; Erythropitta erythrogaster yairocho

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-bellied pitta (Erythropitta erythrogaster) is a species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Pitta erythrogaster

Infraspecies

Pitta erythrogaster aruensis
Pitta erythrogaster bernsteini
Pitta erythrogaster caeruleitorques (Sangihe Pitta) (Endangered)
Pitta erythrogaster celebensis
Pitta erythrogaster cyanonota
Pitta erythrogaster digglesi
Pitta erythrogaster dohertyi (Sula pitta) (Attributes)
Pitta erythrogaster erythrogaster
Pitta erythrogaster extima
Pitta erythrogaster finschii
Pitta erythrogaster gazellae
Pitta erythrogaster habenichti
Pitta erythrogaster inspeculata (Talaud Pitta) (Vulnerable)
Pitta erythrogaster kuehni
Pitta erythrogaster loriae
Pitta erythrogaster macklotii
Pitta erythrogaster meeki
Pitta erythrogaster novaehibernicae
Pitta erythrogaster obiensis
Pitta erythrogaster palliceps (Siau Pitta) (Endangered)
Pitta erythrogaster piroensis
Pitta erythrogaster propinqua
Pitta erythrogaster rubrinucha
Pitta erythrogaster rufiventris
Pitta erythrogaster splendida (Tabar Pitta) (Vulnerable)
Pitta erythrogaster thompsoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.654
EDGE Score: 2.53797
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  80 %
Diet - Plants [1]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  10 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  3
Mating Display [3]  Ground display

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park II 770291 Sulawesi, Indonesia  
Gunung Manembo-nembo Nature Reserve Wildlife Reserve IV 18731 Sulawesi, Indonesia  
Lore Lindu National Park II 577959 Sulawesi, Indonesia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Philippines Philippines No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Thelazia pittae <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0