摘要
八色鸫科Pittidae全世界共记录1属26种(Traylor,1979),其中分布于亚洲南部热带地区的有21种;非洲热带地区2种,新几内亚、澳大利亚2种,所罗门群岛1种。据郑作新(1976)所列分布于中国的八色鸫科鸟类为2属,7种。最近我们就八色鹎科鸟类在中国分布的属、种的分类问题进行了研究,现将有关问题提出讨论。
The present paper deals with taxonomic problems of the genus Pitta and its lower taxa found in China,their geographical distributions and possible correlations.The author has come to the opinion that there are only one genus and eight species involved in the family Pittidae throught China.The result can be summrized as follows.1.That the genus Anthocincla was merged into Pitta formerly by Smythies (1953) and Traylor (1979) is correct.Anthocincla phayrei should then be revised as Pitta phayrei.2.The population distributed in south part of Yunnan and southwest part of Guangxi,with a smaller size and shorter wings (104-112.5 against 116-129mm) are considered to be the subspecies P.n.hendeei of Indo-China.3.Specimens (3,1 ) collected from western Ying-jiang,Luxi,Meng-ling of western yunnan and southwestern Xishuang-Banna ought to be the subspecies P.o.oatesi differing from P.o,castaneiceps in having lighter fulvous colour in plumages.4.As to the taxonomic status of nympha,moluccensis and melli,the author agrees with Traylor (1979) in regarding nympha and moluccensis as different species and melli as the synonym of Pitta nympha.5.The schematic relationships among various species of Pitta distributed in China are shown in figure.Among them Pitta phaycei is considered to be the most primitive one,while Pitta nympha,Pitta moluccensis,Pitta sordida are relatively progressive.Pitta cyanea,Pitta soror may represent two lateral branches from which the family Pittidae originated.
作者
杨岚
Yang Lan(Kunming Institute of Zoology,Academia sinica)
