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The velvet asity (''Philepitta castanea'') is a species of 
Velvet asities eat berries and other fruit in undergrowth, and they build hanging nests with a little roof over the entrance.
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family Philepittidae
The asities are a family of birds, Philepittidae, that are endemic to Madagascar. The asities consist of four species
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. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
Its natural habitat
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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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s.
Male ''P. castanea'' have yellow tips to its feathers when newly molted, but these wear off, leaving the bird all black; at the same time, a green wattle grows above the eye. The female is greenish.
Velvet asities eat berries and other fruit in undergrowth, and they build hanging nests with a little roof over the entrance.
References
* https://www.britannica.com/animal/asity#ref129199External links
* * Philepitta Birds described in 1776 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tyranni-stub