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The velvet asity (''Philepitta castanea'') is a species of 
Velvet asities eat berries and other fruit in undergrowth, including gastonia duplicata. They build hanging nests with a little roof over the entrance. They tend to be sedentary.
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family Philepittidae
The asities are a family (biology), family of birds, Philepittidae, that are Endemism, endemic to Madagascar. The asities consist of four species in two genus, genera. The ''Neodrepanis'' species are known as sunbird-asities and were formerly kn ...
. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...
is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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s .
Male ''P. castanea'' have 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.
Velvet asities eat berries and other fruit in undergrowth, including gastonia duplicata. They build hanging nests with a little roof over the entrance. They tend to be sedentary.
References
* https://www.britannica.com/animal/asity#ref129199External links
* * Philepitta Birds described in 1776 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tyranni-stub