The Biak hooded pitta (Pitta rosenbergii) is a passerine bird in the pitta family Pittidae that is endemic to the island of Biak, northwest of New Guinea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pittidae |
| Genus: | Pitta |
| Species: | P. rosenbergii
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| Pitta rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871
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It is a green bird with a black head and chestnut crown. It forages on the ground for insects and their larvae, and also eats berries. It breeds between February and August, the pair being strongly territorial and building their nest on the ground. Incubation and care of the fledglings is done by both parents. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the hooded pitta, now renamed to the western hooded pitta.
Taxonomy
editThe Biak hooded pitta was formally described in 1871 by the German naturalist Hermann Schlegel from a specimen that had been collected by Hermann von Rosenberg. Schlegel coined the binomial name Pitta rosenbergii where the specific epithet was chosen to honour the collector.[2][3][4] The Biak hooded pitta was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the hooded pitta (Pitta sordida) (renamed as the western hooded pitta). It is now considered as a separate species based on the genetic, morphological and vocal differences.[5][6] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[6]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Pitta rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T103656912A209612218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T103656912A209612218.en. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Schlegel, Hermann (1871). "Observations zoologiques". Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor De Dierkunde (in French). 4: 1-32 [16-17].
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 324.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Ericson, P.G.P.; Qu, Y.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Blom, M.P.K.; Rheindt, F.E.; Irestedt, M. (2019). "Genomic differentiation tracks earth-historic isolation in an Indo-Australasian archipelagic pitta (Pittidae; Aves) complex". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19 (1): 151. doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1481-5. PMC 6657069.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "NZ wrens, broadbills & pittas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 January 2024.