"Philepittidae"
Asities
- Philepitta castanea (Velvet Asity)
- Philepitta schlegeli (Schlegel's Asity)
- Neodrepanis coruscans (Common Sunbird-Asity)
- Neodrepanis hypoxantha (Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity)
References
Gill, F. and M. Wright. 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.
Goodman, S. M. and J. P. Benstead, eds. 2003. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hawkins, A.F.A. 2003. Family Philepittidae (Asities). Pages 94-105 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D.A. Christie, eds. BirdLife International and Lynx Editions, Cambridge, UK and Barcelona.
Hawkins, F., R. Safford, W. Duckworth, and M. Evans. 1997. Field identification and status of the sunbird asities Neodrepanis of Madagascar. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 4:36–41.
Lambert, F. and M. Woodcock. 1996. Pittas, Broadbills and Asities. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, Sussex.
Morris, P. and F. Hawkins. 1998. Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
Moyle, R.G., R.T. Chesser, R.O. Prum, P. Schikler, and J. Cracraft. 2006. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Old World suboscine birds (Aves: Eurylaimides). American Museum Novitates 3544:1-22.
Prum, R. O. 1993. Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of the broadbills (Eurylaimidae) and asities (Philepittidae) based on morphology. Auk 110:304-324.
Prum, R. O. and V. R. Razafindratsita. 1997. Lek behavior and natural history of the Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea: Eurylaimidae). Wilson Bulletin 109(3):371-392.
Prum, R. O. and V. R. Razafindratsita. 2003. Philepittinae. Pages 1123- 1130 in The Natural History of Madagascar. S. M. Goodman and J. P. Benstead, eds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Prum, R. O. , R. Torres, C. Kovach, S. Williamson, and S. M. Goodman. 1999. Coherent light scattering by nanostructured collagen arrays in the caruncles of the Malagasy asities (Eurylaimidae : Aves). Journal of Experimental Biology 202(24):3507-3522.
Raikow, R. J. 1987. Hindlimb myology and evolution of the Old World suboscine passerine birds (Acanthisittidae, Pittidae, Philepittidae, Eurylaimidae). Ornithological Monographs 41:1–81.
Information on the Internet
- Field identification and status of the sunbird asities of Madagascar. Hawkins et al. 1997. African Bird Club.
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