Pittas (Pittidae)
Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima) - HBW 8, p. 145
French: Brève d’Halmahera
German: Weißbrustpitta
Spanish: Pita de Halmahera
Other common names: Great/Halmahera/Moluccan Pitta
Taxonomy: Pitta maxima S. Müller and Schlegel, 1845, Halmahera.
Relationships uncertain. Has sometimes been considered closest to P. superba and P. sordida, or to form a superspecies with those and P. steerii, but morphological differences appear to be too great for this treatment to be acceptable; further DNA studies required. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- maxima S. Müller & Schlegel, 1845 - Halmahera, including islands of Kasiruta and Bacan, possibly also Mandioli and Obi.
- morotaiensis van Bemmel, 1939 - Morotai.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird looking down from a tree, and calling. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp maxima)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 49 weeks ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a tree, calling. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp maxima)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 49 weeks ago 36 sec 3.7 -
A bird calling from a tree after my imitations of it's call. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp maxima)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 49 weeks ago 35 sec 3.4 -
A bird high up in a tree and calling. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp maxima)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 49 weeks ago 28 sec 3.2 -
A calling bird after my vocal playback. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp maxima)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 49 weeks ago 25 sec 3.2 -
View from below of a calling bird responding to imitation of its call Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
mark sutton 28 July 1997 2 years ago 1 min 9 sec 2.4
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Perched low in a tree.
Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp maxima)
David Beadle 19 October 2011 23 weeks ago 3.4 -
Ivory-breasted pitta sitting in a tree
Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 11 October 2011 30 weeks ago 3 -
Ivory-Breasted pitta sitting in a tree
Locality Sawai, Weda, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 11 October 2011 30 weeks ago 3
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calling bird Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
Desmond Allen 4 September 1995 2 years ago 2
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