After Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Moyle, Chesser, Prum, Schikler & Cracraft, 2006, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Pittidae (pitat) `--o Pitta Vieillot 1816 (pitat) |--+--+-- P. baudii S. Muller & Schlegel, 1839 (borneonpitta) | | `--o P. guajana (Statius Muller, 1776) (tulikulmapitta) | | |-- P. g. guajana (Statius Muller, 1776) | | |-- P. g. irena Temminck, 1836 | | |-- P. g. ripleyi Deignan, 1946 | | `-- P. g. schwaneri Bonaparte, 1850 | `--+--o P. caerulea (Raffles, 1822) (sulttaanipitta) | | |-- P. c. caerulea (Raffles, 1822) | | `-- P. c. hosei E.C.S. Baker, 1918 | `--+--o P. soror R.G.W. Ramsay, 1881 (siniviittapitta) | | |-- P. s. douglasi Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 | | |-- P. s. flynnstonei Rozendaal, 1993 | | |-- P. s. petersi Delacour, 1934 | | |-- P. s. soror R.G.W. Ramsay, 1881 | | `-- P. s. tonkinensis Delacour, 1927 | `--o P. oatesi (Hume, 1873) (olliviselkäpitta) | |-- P. o. bolovenensis Delacour, 1932 | |-- P. o. castaneiceps Delacour & Jabouille, 1930 | |-- P. o. deborah B.F. King, 1978 | `-- P. o. oatesi (Hume, 1873) `--+--o P. erythrogaster Temminck, 1823 (sundanpitta) | |-- P. e. aruensis Rothschild & Hartert, 1901 | |-- P. e. bernsteini Junge, 1958 | |-- P. e. caeruleitorques Salvadori, 1876 | |-- P. e. celebensis S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845 | |-- P. e. cyanonota G.R. Gray, 1861 | |-- P. e. digglesi Krefft, 1869 | |-- P. e. dohertyi Rothschild, 1898 (Sula Pitta) | |-- P. e. erythrogaster Temminck, 1823 | |-- P. e. extima Mayr, 1955 | |-- P. e. finschii E.P. Ramsay, 1884 | |-- P. e. gazellae Neumann, 1908 | |-- P. e. habenichti Finsch, 1912 | |-- P. e. inspeculata A.B. Meyer, & Wiglesworth, 1894 | |-- P. e. kuehni Rothschild, 1899 | |-- P. e. loriae Salvadori, 1890 | |-- P. e. macklotii Temminck, 1834 | |-- P. e. meeki Rothschild, 1898 | |-- P. e. novaehibernicae E.P. Ramsay, 1878 | |-- P. e. obiensis Hachisuka, 1935 | |-- P. e. palliceps Bruggemann, 1876 | |-- P. e. piroensis Muir & Kershaw, 1910 | |-- P. e. propinqua (Sharpe, 1877) | |-- P. e. rubrinucha Wallace, 1862 | |-- P. e. rufiventris (Heine, 1860) | |-- P. e. splendida Mayr, 1955 | `-- P. e. thompsoni Ripley & Rabor, 1962 `--+--o P. angolensis Vieillot, 1816 (afrikanpitta) | |-- P. a. angolensis Vieillot, 1816 | |-- P. a. longipennis Reichenow, 1901 | `-- P. a. pulih Fraser, 1843 `--+--o P. sordida (Statius Muller, 1776) (huppupitta) | |-- P. s. abbotti Richmond, 1902 | |-- P. s. bangkana Schlegel, 1863 | |-- P. s. cucullata Hartlaub, 1843 | |-- P. s. forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 | |-- P. s. goodfellowi C.M.N. White, 1937 | |-- P. s. mefoorana Schlegel, 1874 | |-- P. s. mulleri Bonaparte, 1850 | |-- P. s. novaeguineae S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845 (Black-headed Pitta) | |-- P. s. palawanensis Parkes, 1960 | |-- P. s. rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 | |-- P. s. sanghirana Schlegel, 1866 | `-- P. s. sordida (Statius Muller, 1776) (Hooded Pitta) `--+--o P. iris Gould, 1842 (mustepitta) | |-- P. i. iris Gould, 1842 | `-- P. i. johnstoneiana Schodde & I.J. Mason, 1999 `--o P. versicolor Swainson, 1825 (sinappipitta) |-- P. v. intermedia Mathews, 1912 |-- P. v. simillima Gould, 1868 `-- P. v. versicolor Swainson, 1825
Species of Pitta not treated by Moyle, Chesser, Prum, Schikler & Cracraft, 2006
P. phayrei (Blyth, 1862) (peruukkipitta) P. nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) (ruskopitta) P. n. hendeei Bangs & Van Tyne 1931 P. n. nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) P. schneideri Hartert, 1909 (sumatranpitta) P. kochi Bruggemann, 1876 (tammipitta) P. arcuata Gould, 1871 (helmipitta) P. granatina Temminck, 1830 (korupitta) P. g. coccinea Eyton, 1839 P. g. granatina Temminck, 1830 P. g. ussheri Gould, 1877 P. venusta S. Muller, 1836 (pikkukorupitta) P. cyanea Blyth, 1843 (safiiripitta) P. c. aurantiaca Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 P. c. cyanea Blyth, 1843 P. c. willoughbyi Delacour, 1926 P. ellioti Oustalet, 1874 (viherpitta) P. gurneyi Hume, 1875 (malakanpitta) P. brachyura (Linnaeus, 1766) (bengalinpitta) P. nympha Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (keijupitta) P. reichenowi Madarasz, 1901 (kongonpitta) P. superba Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 (manussaarenpitta) P. maxima S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845 (molukkienpitta) P. m. maxima S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845 P. m. morotaiensis Bemmel, 1939 P. steerii (Sharpe, 1876) [P. steerei] (filippiinienpitta) P. s. coelestis Parkes, 1971 P. s. steerii (Sharpe, 1876) P. moluccensis (Statius Muller, 1776) (sateenkaaripitta) P. megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863 (Mangrove Pitta) P. anerythra Rothschild, 1901 (salomonsaartenpitta) P. a. anerythra Rothschild, 1901 P. a. nigrifrons Mayr, 1935 P. a. pallida Rothschild, 1904 P. elegans Temminck, 1836 (kaunopitta) P. e. concinna Gould ,1857 P. e. elegans Temminck, 1836 (Elegant Pitta) P. e. hutzi Meise, 1941 P. e. maria Hartert, 1896 P. e. vigorsii Gould, 1838 (Two-striped Pitta) P. e. virginalis Hartert, 1896
Reference(s):
- Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990 - Moyle, R. G., Chesser, R. T., Prum, R. O., Schikler, P. & Cracraft, J., 2006: Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Old World Suboscine birds (Aves: Eurylaimides).
–American Museum Novitates: #3544, pp. 1-22 - Peterson, A. P., 2002-2004: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2005-02-11)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-02-16] - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.