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Genus of birds
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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Velvet asity | Philepitta castanea (Müller, 1776) |
eastern Madagascar | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Schlegel's asity | Philepitta schlegeli (Schlegel, 1867) |
northwestern Madagascar | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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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]
References
- ^ "Philepittidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Philepitta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Winkler, D.W; Billerman, S.M.; Lovette, I.J (2015). Bird Families of the World. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 275–276. ISBN 978-84-941892-0-3.
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