Pitta anerythra nigrifrons Mayr, 1935
Choiseul black-faced pitta
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 2 November 1929 (Mayr, 1935)
Rediscovered in October 2014 (Boseto & Pikacha, 2015) or before
Distribution
Choiseul, Solomon Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: AMNH 228390
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mayr, Ernst. (1935). Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea expedition, XXX: descriptions of twenty-five new species and subspecies. American Museum Novitates 820: 1-6.
Other references:
Boseto, D. and Pikacha, P. (eds.). (2015). Choiseul Biological Expedition October 2014 Solomon Islands: Summary Report. Ecological Solutions (Solomon Islands), PO Box 180, Gizo, Western Province, Solomon Islands.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. T & AD Poyser.
Lambert, Frank and Woodcock, Martin. (2000). Pittas, Broadbills and Asities. Pica Press. 280 pp.