Philepitta

Philepitta
Velvet asity (Philepitta castanea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Philepittidae
Genus: Philepitta
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838
Type species
Philepitta sericea[1]
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838

Philepitta is a genus of bird in the family Philepittidae. Established by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1838, the genus contains the following species:[2]

Genus Philepitta – I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Velvet asity


Male
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Female

Philepitta castanea
(Müller, 1776) 		eastern Madagascar Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Schlegel's asity

Philepitta schlegeli
(Schlegel, 1867) 		northwestern Madagascar Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


The genus name Philepitta is a combination of the French name philédon, for the friarbirds of the family Meliphagidae and pitta, for the birds of the genus "pitta".[3]

Philepitta is now the type-genus of a new bird family, the Philepittidae, into which the Asites of Madagascar have been placed.[4]

  1. ^ "Philepittidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
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