According to IOC there are 5 subspecies - 4 are only in New Guinea, the 5th
commutes between New Guinea and Cape York, so I guess the name is fair!
On 13 April 2017 at 07:58, Charles via Birding-Aus <
> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> A couple of Indonesian birding pals told me about the (proposed) name
> change in May 2016 when I was in Sulawesi.....
>
> Is it Papuan because it spends more time there than Australia?
>
> Cheers,
> Charles Hunter
> +61 402 907 577
> > On 12 Apr 2017, at 11:09 PM, Michael Hunter <>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Without sounding bitta about it, why are we Antipodeans last to know
> about, and did we have any input into, the name change fro Red-bellied to
> Papuan Pitta?
> >
> > Tears not Cheers
> >
> > Michael
> > Sent from my iPhone
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> >> On 12 Apr 2017, at 2:00 am, wrote:
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> >> 1. IOC7.1 has changed Red-bellied Pitta (Tania Ireton)
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> >> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:04:42 +1000
> >> From: "Tania Ireton" <>
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> >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] IOC7.1 has changed Red-bellied Pitta
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> >> Has anyone noticed that the latest IOC list, version 7.1, has split
> >> Red-bellied Pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster? The common name for
> >> Red-bellied Pitta has disappeared. The scientific name now belongs to
> >> Phillipine Pitta and the bird in Australia is now the Papuan Pitta,
> >> Erythropitta macklotii (sub-species digglesi).
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> >> Tania
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