Pitta dohertyi

– Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

AVES

Order:

PASSERIFORMES

Family:

PITTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pitta dohertyi

Species Authority:

Rothschild, 1898

Common Name/s:

English

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SULA PITTA

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

NT ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Evaluator/s:

Stattersfield, A., Benstead, P., Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Justification:

Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria C1.

History:

1988	-	Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
1994	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
2000	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000)

Geographic Range

Range Description:

Pitta dohertyi is endemic to the Banggai and Sula Islands (Peleng, Banggai, Taliabu and Mangole), Indonesia, where it is local and generally uncommon in lowland evergreen forest (seriously degraded selectively logged forest), apparently not ascending above 200 m. Clearance, disturbance and degradation of lowland forests is increasing in the small range of this species, and its population is therefore likely to be declining, although at a slow rate given its tolerance of secondary habitats.

Countries:

Native:

Indonesia (Maluku, Sulawesi)

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Citation:	BirdLife International 2004. Pitta dohertyi. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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