Velvet Asity

Philepitta castanea

Least Concern

The Velvet Asity is a small, plump fruit-eater of the eastern rainforests of Madagascar. Breeding males are velvety black with a bright green-and-blue wattle arching over each eye, while females are dull olive-green. Fun fact: The vivid eye wattle is not coloured by pigment but by the way tiny structures in the skin scatter light.

Family

Philepittidae

Group

Asities

Range

Velvet Asity Range — Eastern rainforests of Madagascar

Population

≈ Not quantified (common)

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