Papuan Pitta

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pittidae

Genus

Erythropitta

Subspecies (6)

• Erythropitta macklotii digglesi

  breeds northeastern Australia (northeastern Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland); winters New Guinea

• Erythropitta macklotii finschii

  Goodenough and Fergusson, in D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea); recent sight records from Normanby Island probably also refer to this species

• Erythropitta macklotii habenichti

  northern New Guinea (Weyland Mountains to Astrolabe Bay)

• Erythropitta macklotii loriae

  southeastern New Guinea

• Erythropitta macklotii macklotii

  western and southern New Guinea, including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Erythropitta macklotii oblita

  upper Aroa River watershed (southeast New Guinea west of Port Moresby)