Passeriformes

Asities (Philepittidae)

HBW 8, p. 94 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 8 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Small, short-tailed, largely frugivorous and nectarivorous forest birds, males brightly coloured, two species with long, decurved bill.
• Madagascar.
• Lowland to high-altitude rainforest, humid valleys in dry deciduous forest.
• 2 genera, 4 species, 4 taxa.
• 1 species threatened