Philepittidae

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Philepittidae is a small family of brightly colored, mostly frugivorous and nectarivorous birds endemic to Madagascar, best known for the velvet asities and their elaborate breeding displays.

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Label Occurrences
Philepittidae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
billAdaptation adapted for feeding on fruit and nectar ⓘ
biogeographicEndemism Madagascar endemic family ⓘ
clade Passerimorphae ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName asities ⓘ
conservationConcern habitat loss in Madagascar forests affects species in this family ⓘ
containsGenus Neodrepanis ⓘ
Philepitta ⓘ
diet fruit ⓘ
insects ⓘ
nectar ⓘ
distributionStatus restricted-range family ⓘ
endemicTo Madagascar ⓘ
eyeStructure ornamental facial wattles in some species ⓘ
familyRank family ⓘ
featherColoration iridescent plumage in males ⓘ
geographicRealm Afrotropical realm ⓘ
linked to: Afrotropical
habitat Madagascar rainforests ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
hasMember Common sunbird-asity ⓘ
Schlegel's asity ⓘ
Velvet asity ⓘ
Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity ⓘ
higherLevelTaxon Eurylaimoidea ⓘ
infraorder Eurylaimides ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
maleDisplayBehavior lekking ⓘ
nativeRange Madagascar ⓘ
notableFor brightly colored plumage ⓘ
elaborate breeding displays ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo broadbills ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction ⓘ
sexualDimorphism present ⓘ
suborder Tyranni ⓘ
taxonAuthor Charles Lucien Bonaparte ⓘ
taxonNamedBy Charles Lucien Bonaparte ⓘ
taxonPublicationYear 1854 ⓘ
trophicGuild frugivore ⓘ
nectarivore ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suboscines → includesFamily → Philepittidae ⓘ
Eurylaimides → hasMemberFamily → Philepittidae ⓘ