Pitta

See also: pitta

Translingual

Pitta sordida

Etymology

From Telugu పిట్ట (piṭṭa).

Proper noun

Pitta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pittidae – many of the pittas.

Usage notes

Following a 2006 study, a number of species previously in Pitta were reclassified into two newly created genera within family Pittidae.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pitta anerythra, Pitta angolensis, Pitta brachyura, Pitta dohertyi, Pitta elegans, Pitta iris, Pitta maxima, Pitta megarhyncha, Pitta moluccensis, Pitta nympha, Pitta reichenowi, Pitta sordida, Pitta steerii, Pitta superba, Pitta versicolor (species)

References

• Pitta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pitta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
• Irestedt, M., Ohlson, J. I., Zuccon, D., Källersjö, M. & Ericson, P. G. P. (2006) “Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes)”, in Zoologica Scripta‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, pages 567–580

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pitta.

Proper noun

Pitta (plural Pittas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pitta is the 41426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Pitta is most common among White (72.95%), Asian/Pacific Islander (12.38%) and Hispanic/Latino (11.62%) individuals.

See also

• Pitta-Pitta

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pitta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pitta m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024