Pittas (Pittidae)
Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta reichenowi) - HBW 8, p. 149
French: Brève à poitrine verte
German: Grünbrustpitta
Spanish: Pita Pechiverde
Taxonomy: Pitta reichenowi Madarász, 1901, Middle Congo River, above Stanley Pool, Zaire.
Forms a superspecies with P. angolensis, and has been considered conspecific on basis of apparent intermediate birds from Cameroon and S Congo; doubts have been expressed, however, over identification of such birds (which could possibly have been nominate race of that species), and there seems little evidence of intergradation where the ranges of the two species approach each other. Monotypic.
Distribution: W & S Cameroon to N Gabon, and SW Central African Republic, W, SC & NE Zaire and SW Uganda (Budongo Forest S to Kabale and E to Jinja).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult carrying material, looking around before flying to the nest Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 5 years ago 28 sec 4.8 -
An adult with material flying to the nest, apparently the first one of this species that has been recorded in video Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 5 years ago 1 min 8 sec 4.7 -
An adult on a branch carrying nest material Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 5 years ago 52 sec 4.2 -
one bird in first daylight Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 September 2010 1 year ago 1 min 27 sec 3.7
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One of a pair that had earlier been displaying alternately from branches and then went to ground and started foraging between th
Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda
MarcellC 11 August 2010 1 year ago 3
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