velvet asity

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Illustration of a velvet asity (Philepitta castanea), a small bird with dark green and yellow mottled plumage, perched on a mossy branch.

velvet asity

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Also known as: Philepitta castanea

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The male of the velvet asity (Philepitta castanea) has 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. The male of Schlegel’s asity (P. schlegeli) is…
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The male of the velvet asity (Philepitta castanea) has 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. The male of Schlegel’s asity (P. schlegeli) is…
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