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Philepittidae
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The asities are a family of birds, Philepittidae, that are endemic to Madagascar. The asities consist of four species in two genera. The Neodrepanis species are known as sunbird-asities and were formerly known as false sunbirds.
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Philepittidae is a taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The family is classified under the parent taxon Tyranni and is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Its common name is asitifamilien.
The taxon has been recorded in 6,619 occurrences. It is associated with the Commons category Eurylaimidae and the main category Category:Philepittidae.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPhilepittidae
The outer primary feathers make a buzzing sound when asities fly. This buzzing likely has a function in courtship. Males also enlarge their wattles to display to females and other males. All species also seem to have some form of courtship display (see Mating Systems).For the most part, asities have quiet, squeaky calls. Some males have louder whistle calls. Velvet asities (Philepitta castanea) have a repeated “whee-doo” call, or a series of “wheet” notes. Common sunbird-asities (Neodrepanis coruscans) make a series of hisses and single, quiet, squeaky calls. Yellow-bellied sunbird-asities (Neodrepanis hypoxantha) sound like tree frogs with repeated single note calls. Communication Channels: visual ; acoustic Perception Channels: visual ; tactile ; acoustic ; chemical
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- Eurylaimidae
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- Philepittidae
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- topic's main category
- Category:Philepittidae
- taxon common name
- asitifamilien
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The asities are a family of birds, Philepittidae, that are endemic to Madagascar. The asities consist of four species in two genera. The Neodrepanis species are known as sunbird-asities and were formerly known as false sunbirds.
Philepitta is now the type-genus of a new bird family, the Philepittidae, into which the asities of Madagascar have been placed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philepittidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.