Velvet Asity
Philepitta castanea(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Velvet Asity
The Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Philepittidae (Asities) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: humid montane slopes of eastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Philepitta castanea
- Family
- Philepittidae (Asities)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Velvet Asity
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus castaneus
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.143
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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