Elegant Pitta
Pitta elegans
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pittidae
- Genus
- Pitta
- eBird Code
- elepit7
Subspecies (3)
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Pitta elegans elegans
breeds Timor and associated islands (Semau, Rote); winters in the Sulawesi region and the central Moluccas
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Pitta elegans maria
Lesser Sundas (Sumba)
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Pitta elegans virginalis
Tanahjampea, Kalaotoa, and Kalao islands (off Sulawesi)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.