Philepitta

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 Female	Philepitta castanea (Müller, 1776)	eastern Madagascar	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Schlegel's asity	Philepitta schlegeli (Schlegel, 1867)	northwestern Madagascar	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT

Philepitta
Velvet asity (Philepitta castanea)
Scientific 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

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.