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PHILEPITTIDAE - Asities1 (2:4)
PHILEPITTA I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838 F - Philepitta sericea I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838; type by monotypy = Turdus castaneus Statius Muller, 1776  
Philepitta castanea   (Statius Muller, 1776) Velvet Asity
vN and E Madagascar
Philepitta schlegeli   Schlegel, 1867 Schlegel's Asity
iW and NW Madagascar
NEODREPANIS Sharpe, 1875 F - Neodrepanis coruscans Sharpe, 1875; type by original designation  
Neodrepanis coruscans   Sharpe, 1875 Common Sunbird Asity
iRain forests of N and E Madagascar
Neodrepanis hypoxantha   Salomonsen, 1933 Yellow-bellied Sunbird Asity
vMontane forests of N and E Madagascar
1 For inclusion of the asities and the subfamily Sapayoinae in a broad Eurylaimidae, potentially including the pittas, see Moyle et al. (2006) [Moyle, 2006 #9980].
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