Tabar Pitta (Erythropitta splendida) - BirdLife species factsheet

Tabar Pitta Erythropitta splendida

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Erythropitta erythrogaster, E. inspeculata, E. caeruleitorques, E. palliceps, Erythropitta celebensis, E. rufiventris, E. rubrinucha, E. macklotii, E. meeki, E. gazellae, E. splendida and E. novaehibernicae (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Pitta erythrogaster following Christidis and Boles (2008) and Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	D	B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii); D1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Vulnerable	B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
2016	Vulnerable	C2a(i); D1
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	67 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	550 km²	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	436 km²
Number of locations	6-10	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	206-2211 mature individuals	poor	inferred	2021
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2016-2028
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-10%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-10%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-10%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.06 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	3	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: This species was split from the Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster in 2016. Based on a population density estimate for this congener, of 2.8-30 individuals/km², and that only a proportion (c.20%) of the mapped range is likely to be occupied, the population size is inferred to be 308-3,300 individuals. This is roughly equivalent to 206-2,211 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to habitat loss (Dutson 2011). Data from Global Forest Watch (2021) suggests that the rate of decline is likely <10% over three generations (12.2 years [Bird et al. 2020]).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Biological resource use

Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Majority (50-90%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Medium Impact: 6

Stresses
Species disturbance, Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Energy production & mining

Mining & quarrying