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Philepittidae:
The asities are a family of small suboscine passerine bird species found in Madagascar. They were thought to have been related to the pittas, hence the scientific name, but a study by Prum (1993) suggested that they are actually just a subfamily of broadbills. Here they are considered traditionally as a separate family. These are plump strong-legged birds of the Malagasy forests which take fruit and insects and nest in trees or scrub. The Neodrepanis species — sunbird-asities — will take nectar, and were formerly known as false sunbirds. |
