Subspecies Pitta (Pitta) versicolor simillima Gould, 1868

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pitta simillima Gould, J. 1868. On two new Australian birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 74-76 [76].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.5.1.4638 adult unsexed, Qld: Cape York; BMNH adult unsexed, Qld: Cape York; BMNH adult unsexed, Qld: Cape York.
• Pitta kreffti Salvadori, T. 1870. Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Pitta. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 1869: 551 [Date published Feb 1870] [551].
• Pitta assimilis d'Albertis, M.L. 1877. Notes on some birds collected during the Exploration of the Fly River. Ibis 1877: 363-372 [nomen nudum; not made avaliable by introduction into synonymy of Pitta simillima Gould, 1868 by Salvadori, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 12 (1869 = Feb. 1870) 551: ICdZN Art. 11.5,6].
• Pitta krefti Elliot, D.G. 1894. A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. Pts iii & iv. New York : B. Quaritch. [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Pitta kreffti Salvadori, 1870, in synonymy, and unavailable].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Tropical rainforest.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	PASSERIFORMES	10-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)