Philepitta

Philepitta
Velvet asity (Philepitta castanea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Philepittidae
Genus:
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]

References

  1. ^ "Philepittidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Philepitta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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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