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Pitta moluccensis moluccensis (Statius Miiller) 



Turdus Moluccensis Statius Miiller, Natursystems Supplements- 

 und Kcgister-Band, 1776, p. 144 ("in den moluccischen Inseln," 

 ex d'Aubenton, pi. 257, error: type locality "corrected" to 

 Tenasserim Division, Lower Burma, by Stuart Baker, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 28, 1921, p. 92; here further 

 corrected to Malacca). 

 Range: Reported whether as a resident or a migrant throughout 

 the country from Chiang Rai to the extreme South. 



Pitta moluccensis megarhyncha Schlegel 



Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, De Vogels van Nederlandsch Indie, 

 monogr. 1, Pitta, 1863, pp. 11, 32, pi. 4, fig. 2 (Bangka). 

 Range: Mangroves of the western coast and its offshore islands 

 from the Isthmus of Kra to the extreme South. 



Pitta sordida cucullata Hartlaub 



Pitta cucullata Hartlaub, Revue Zoologique, ann. 6, March 1843, 

 p. 65 (Malacca), 

 Range: Reported as a resident or a migrant from the northern 

 plateau (Nan), the southeastern pro\nnces, and the western and 

 peninsular provinces from Tak to the extreme South. 



Pitta sordida miilleri (Bonaparte) 



[Brachyurus] mulleri Bonaparte, Conspectus generum avium, 

 tom. 1, pars 1, June 24, 1850, p. 256 (Celebes, error; type 

 locality corrected to Borneo, by Finsch, Notes from the Leyden 

 Museum, vol. 26, Nos. 1 and 2, 1905, p. 118; type specimen 

 from the Sungei Dusun [Barito] in southeastern Borneo, fide 

 Boden Kloss, Treubia, vol. 13, Hvr. 3-4, 1931, p. 332, footnote). 

 Range: Reported only from the extreme southern peninsular prov- 

 inces (Narathiwat). 



Pitta cyanea cyanea Blyth 



P[itta]. cyanea Blyth, Joiu-n. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, pt. 2, 



No. 143, November 1843, p. 1008 (Arakan Division, Burma). 



Pittxi cyanea peninsularis Meyer de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 98, May 17, 1946, pp. 3 [nomen nudum!], 



41 (Khao Luang [lat. 11°40' N., long. 99°35' E.], Prachuap 



Khiri Khan Province, Thailand). 



Range: The northern plateau and the western and peninsular 



provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Pitta cyanea aurantiaca Delacour and Jabouille 



Pitta cyanea aurantiaca Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, vol. 48, No. 325, July 10, 1928, p. 130 (Le Boc Kor 

 [lat. 10°37' N., long. 104°03' E.], Kampot Province, Cambodia). 



