Species profile
Velvet Asity
Philepitta castanea
Quick answer
Humid montane slopes of e Madagascar
- Scientific name
- Philepitta castanea
- Family
- Philepittidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Philepitta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Velvet Asity in your journal
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