Brève Macklot PITTA MACKLOTII = Papuan pitta (Erythropitta macklotii)
(another caption) « Pitta macklotii » = Erythropitta erythrogaster macklotii (Subspecies of Red-bellied Pitta) - adult male
Author Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon; Nicholas Huet; Guillaume Michel Jerôme Meiffren Laugier de Chartrouse; J. G. Prêtre (Jean-Gabriel Prêtre); C J Temminck (Coenraad Jacob Temminck)
Full title Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux : pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-4⁰ de l'Imprimerie royale, 1770 /
Date 1838
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35246999
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The Papuan pitta (Erythropitta macklotii) is a species of pitta. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is found in the Aru Islands, New Guinea and the northern Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pittidae
Genus: Erythropitta
Species: Erythropitta macklotii (Temminck, 1834)
Synonyms
- Erythropitta erythrogaster macklotii