Taxonomy
Some authorities believe that Pitta versicolor is conspecific with Pitta elegans or with Pitta iris but it is usually regarded as forming a superspecies with these two species and with Pitta anerythra. There are two subspecies with a demarcation line around Cairns. Pitta versicolor simillima Gould, 1868 occurs in northern Queensland and the islands of the Torres Strait. The members of this subspecies migrate to the southern part of Papua New Guinea. Pitta versicolor versicolor Swainson, 1825 is found in the rest of Queensland and southward to the Hunter River in New South Wales.
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