Velvet asity - Wikipedia
Created: 2019-03-25 10:26
Updated: 2019-03-25 10:28
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_asity?wprov=sfti1
Notebook: Notebook Stack/PB1099
Velvet asity
The velvet asity (Philepitta castanea) is a species of bird in the Philepittidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.
| Velvet asity | |
|---|---|
,_Ranomafana_National_Park,_Madagascar.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Eurylaimidae |
| Genus: | Philepitta |
| Species: | P. castanea
|
| Binomial name | |
| Philepitta castanea (Müller, 1776)
| |
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The male of the velvet asity (Philepitta castanea) has yellow tips to its feathers when newly molted, but these wear off, leaving the bird all black; at the same time, a green wattle grows above the eye. The female is greenish.[2]
Velvet asities eat berries and other fruit in undergrowth, and they build hanging nests with a little roof over the entrance.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Philepitta castanea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "asity | bird". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
| This Tyranni-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Related articles
-
Broadbill
family of birds
-
Asity
family of birds
-
Schlegel's asity
species of bird
Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.