Pittas (Pittidae)

Bar-bellied Pitta (Pitta elliotii) - HBW 8, p. 141

French: Brève d’Elliot German: Grünscheitelpitta Spanish: Pita de Elliot
Other common names: Elliot’s Pitta

Taxonomy: Pitta elliotii Oustalet, 1874, Cochinchina.
On basis mainly of longer, graduated tail, sometimes placed in separate genus Eucichla, along with P. guajana and P. gurneyi, and on occasion P. cyanea. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme E & SE Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.