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Nicobar Hooded Pitta

Pitta abbotti Richmond, 1902

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Nicobar Hooded Pitta from Great Nicobar

Nicobar Hooded Pitta from Great Nicobar

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Nicobar hooded pitta (Pitta abbotti) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae that is endemic to the Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.

It is a green bird with a black head and chestnut crown. It forages on the ground for insects and their larvae, and also eats berries. It breeds between February and August, the pair being strongly territorial and building their nest on the ground. Incubation and care of the fledglings is done by both parents. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the hooded pitta, now renamed to the western hooded pitta.

Wikipedia contributors, Nicobar hooded pitta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:51:27.205631+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pitta abbotti Richmond, 1902
Name authority
Richmond, 1902
Common name
Nicobar Hooded Pitta
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pittidae
Genus
Pitta
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyPittidae
  11. genusPitta Vieillot, 1816
  12. speciesPitta abbotti Richmond, 1902

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pitta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
African PittaPitta angolensis Vieillot, 1816PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Indian PittaPitta brachyura (Linnaeus, 1766)PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Elegant PittaPitta elegans Temminck, 1836PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rainbow PittaPitta iris Gould, 1842PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mangrove PittaPitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fairy PittaPitta nympha Temminck & Schlegel, 1847PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Green-breasted PittaPitta reichenowi G. Madarász, 1901PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Western Hooded PittaPitta sordida (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Superb PittaPitta superba Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1914PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ivory-breasted PittaPitta maxima S. Müller & Schlegel, 1845PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Banda Sea PittaPitta vigorsii Gould, 1838PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Biak Hooded PittaPitta rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871PittidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 28 records assigned to Pittidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Pitta sordida abbotti Richmond, 1902 Richmond, 1902synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Richmond, & Charles Wallace. (1902). Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott and Mr. C. B. Kloss in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 25. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:KYTBH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.