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Philepitta Neodrepanis |
These are plump strong-legged birds of the Madagascan forests which take fruit and insects and nest in trees or scrub. The Neodrepanis species will take nectar, and were formerly known as false sunbirds.
- Family: Philepittidae
- Velvet Asity, Philepitta castanea
- Schlegel's Asity, Philepitta schlegeli
- Sunbird Asity, Neodrepanis coruscans
- Yellow-bellied Asity Neodrepanis hypoxanthus