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	African Bird Club \| main
		Yellow-bellied Sunbird Asities have a similar call, but the individual notes are much quieter squeaks, pss or hss (so quiet as to be difficult to tape-record) and are generally not delivered as a rapid series.
		At the upper end of its altitude range, Common Sunbird Asity occupies the valleys, whereas Yellow-bellied Sunbird Asity is present on the ridges, where the vegetation resembles that of higher altitudes.
		Hawkins, A.F.A. The nest of Schlegel's asity Philepitta schlegeli.
	www.africanbirdclub.org /feature/asities2.html (1801 words)

	African Bird Club \| main
		Common Sunbird Asity was described in 1875 and considered to be a sunbird (Nectariniidae).
		In the absence of field observations of Yellow-bellied Sunbird Asities, understanding of its status and field characters was for long based on only 13 old museum skins, none of which was supported by precise data on locality or altitude.
		It is royal blue around the edges, with turquoise spots on the elevated parts (notably on the lower margin, where the corrugations suggest a series of brilliant blue spots under the eye) and bright lime green in the middle.
	www.africanbirdclub.org /feature/asities.html (815 words)

	Asity page
		All asities are difficult birds to observe and photograph in their rainforest habitat.
		Asities build ragged globular nests which are hung from the tips of branches.
		Prum (1993) studied the phylogeny and biogeography of the asities and broadbills and presented evidence that the asities were just a subfamily of broadbills.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/asities.html (1071 words)

	Asity page
		All asities are difficult birds to observe and photograph in their rainforest habitat.
		Prum (1993) studied the phylogeny and biogeography of the asities and broadbills and presented evidence that the asities were just a subfamily of broadbills.
		Thus all broadbills, asities, and the Sapayoa, have a common ancestor.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/asities.html (1071 words)

	Philepittidae - Encyclopedia.com
		Philepittidae (asities, false sunbirds; class Aves, order Passeriformes) A family which comprises two distinct genera, Philepitta (asities) and Neodrepanis (false sunbirds).
		Asities are small, plump, short-tailed birds that have a yellow-green or fl body and fl head, and a bare wattle around the eyes.
		Asities feed on fruit and build a nest suspended from a branch.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O8-Philepittidae.html (189 words)

	Birds
		Asities build ragged, globular nests which are hung from the tips of branches.
		The asities are all sexually dimorphic in plumage colour.
		The asities also belong to the unique passerine sub-order, the sub-oscines, which in the old world are only represented elsewhere by Pitta's and broadbills.
	www.birdingmadagascar.com /Birds.htm (3823 words)

	PHYLOGENY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND EVOLUTION OF THE BROADBILLS (EURYLAIMIDAE) AND ASITIES (PHILEPITTIDAE) BASED ON MORPHOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Raikow's (1987) hypothesis for the phyloge- ny of the broadbills and asities, in which they are monophyletic sister groups, requires a length of 59 and a consistency index of 0.69 to explain the distribution of the characters in both the syringeal and myological data sets.
		PROPOSED CLASSIFICATION I propose an explicit phylogenetic classifica- tion of the broadbills and asities.
		A phylogenetic classification of the broadbills and asities is proposed in which all broadbills and asities are placed in five subfamilies of the Eurylaimidae, and the separate family Philepittidae is abandoned.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v110n02/p0304-p0324.html (18648 words)

	Coherent light scattering by nanostructured collagen arrays in the caruncles of the malagasy asities (Eurylaimidae: ...
		Coherent light scattering by nanostructured collagen arrays in the caruncles of the malagasy asities (Eurylaimidae: aves) -- Prum et al.
		Coherent light scattering by nanostructured collagen arrays in the caruncles of the malagasy asities (Eurylaimidae: aves)
		The evolution of the anatomy and nanostructure of asity
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/abstract/202/24/3507 (500 words)

	Asities - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Asities - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The asities are a family of small passerine bird species found in Madagascar.
		They were thought to have been related to the pittas, hence the scientific name, but a study by Prum (1993) suggested that they are actually just a subfamily of broadbills.
	www.music.us /education/A/Asities.htm (301 words)

	Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris: Africa - Madagascar 2007
		Foremost among the endemic birds at Ampijoroa is the secretive White-breasted Mesite and the jewel-like Schlegel’s Asity, which gives one the impression of a miniature bird-of-paradise.
		The moist rainforest cloaking Madagascar’s eastern escarpment protects the richest assemblage of birds on the island, including many that are rare or poorly known.
		Some of the most sought-after Madagascar’s birds are those of the five families endemic to the Malagasy region: the peculiar mesites, exquisite ground-rollers, the Cuckoo-Roller, the asities and the vangas.
	www.cheesemans.com /africa_m_oct07.html (6218 words)

	ADW: Eurylaimidae: Information
		Broadbills are thought to be closely related to pittas (Pittidae) and asities (Philepittidae).
		Asities used to be grouped in the family Eurylaimidae, but are now placed in their own family.
		The most distinctive traits of broadbills are their foot tendons (the flexor hallueis and the flexor profundus tendons are joined by a vinculum band).
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Eurylaimidae.html (1952 words)

	Tails N' Teeth.Com
		The asities are a family of small suboscine passerine bird species found in Madagascar.
		They were thought to have been related to the pittas, hence the scientific name, but a study by Prum (1993) suggested that they are actually just a subfamily of broadbills.
		Prum, R. Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of the broadbills (Eurylaimidae) and asities (Philepittidae) based on morphology.
	www.tailsnteeth.com /index.php?option=com_birds&page=Asities.html (123 words)

	Amazon.com: Lek behavior and natural history of the velvet asity (Philepitta castanea: Eurylaimidae): An article from: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The distinctive appearance of P. castanea in the breeding season is a worn basic plumage which has evolved by acquisition of a sexually dichromatic basic plumage and the loss of the prealternate molt.
		The asities are a monophyletic group including two distinct genera - Philepitta and Neodrepanis - that are endemic to Madagascar.
		Recent phylogenetic analysis of the group has documented that the asities are a Malagasy lineage of the...
	www.amazon.com /behavior-natural-history-Philepitta-castanea/dp/B00097SFGA (684 words)

	Wild life books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pittas, broadbills and asities include some of the most beautiful, elusive and sought?after birds in the world.
		They are currently placed in two relict families, the Pittidae (pittas) and Eurylaimidae (broadbills and asities), and inhabit the tropical and subtropical forests of the Old World.
		The asities of Madagascar were formerly placed in their own family but are now considered to be broadbills.
	www.jetwingeco.com /web_pages/books/c_h_pittas.html (315 words)

	~Asities~ Wild Bird Species and Information ~Asities~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pittidae Eurylaimidae Philepittidae Incertae sedis Tyrannidae New Zealand Wrens Pittas Broadbills Asities Broad-billed Sapoya Mionectine Flycatchers Tyrant flycatchers Schiffornis, Becards, Tityras...
		Asities [Categories: Tyranni] The asities are a family of small (Perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are...
		17) 104 PICIDAE Woodpeckers and Allies (218) 105 EURYLAIMIDAE Broadbills (15) 106 PHILEPITTIDAE Asities (4) 107 FURNARIIDAE Ovenbirds (243) 108 DENDROCOLAPTIDAE Woodcreepers (57) 109 THAMNOPHILIDAE...
	www.wildbirdcart.com /Various (1297 words)

	Birds Scientific Reference - Vol 4
		These species live in Madagascar, along the east coast and in the sambirano region, another rainforested area in the northwest.
		Asities eat nectar, fruits, insects, spiders, and other small creatures.
		Asities are not considered pests in any way, since they stay in rainforest and have no interest in human cultivated crops.
	animals.jrank.org /collection/7/Grzimek-s-Student-Animal-Life-Resource.html (3176 words)

	Asities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Birds - Everything About Asities - Photos plus information about their habitat, nesting, behavior.
		Field identification and status of the sunbird asities of Madagascar: 1
		There are also almost about 500,000 asities, the yellow belly-asities, the velvet-asities, and the schlegel-asities in the world.
	all-about-birding.com /asities.html (155 words)

	Blues in the flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Just like the blue of the sky, the brilliant blue and green of the peacock's tail and the soft blue of the homely blue-tit are solely due to light scattering -- by feathers and skin.
		Richard Prum from the University of Kansas and colleagues have been looking at what gives colour to the brilliant blue and green fleshy outgrowths, or 'caruncles', around the eyes of breeding males in a small family of birds, the asities, unique to the island of Madagascar.
		The brightly coloured caruncles of asities have evolved to attract females.
	www.mindswap.org /2002/nature/991216-8.xml (472 words)

	Pritzker Laboratory - Bird Diversity
		While lemurs are certainly the best known group of the endemic groups of animals, there are many endemic bird also.
		These include wonderfully distinct and endemic lineages such as the Ground-rollers, Vangas, Mesites and Asities as well as distinct members of more broadly distributed lineages such as sunbirds and weavers.
		We have been addressing the origins of the Malagasy avifauna using molecular data, but our primary interest is to understand the structure of genetic diversity within species of Malagasy birds.
	www.fieldmuseum.org /research_collections/pritzker_lab/pritzker/lab_projects/birds.html (633 words)

	Discover Life - Aves: Sapayoidae - Sapayoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Prum (1993) studied the phylogeny and biogeography of the asities and broadbills and presented evidence that the asities were just a subgroup of broadbills.
		Thus Sapayoa shares a common ancestor with all broadbills and the asities of Madagascar.
		I now handle the broadbill, asity, and Sapayoa problem in the same way, a retain Sapayoa as a monotypic family of Old World suboscines, isolated in the Neotropics.
	stri.discoverlife.org /mp/20q?search=Sapayoidae (982 words)

	Review : Collected works - 24 August 1996 - New Scientist
		The 32 species of pittas share this volume with 15 broadbills and four asities.
		Broadbills are found in the same forests as pittas.
		The asities are a curious little group and live only in Madagascar.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg15120445.400-review--collected-works.html (264 words)

	Madagascar rep
		It was Guy’s fourth trip to the large southern Indian Ocean island, noted for its endemic families of vangas, ground-rollers, asities and such.
		At Mantadia, Maurice was able to locate close, perched looks at three different species of ground-rollers in a span of one hour.
		At Ampijoroa, Charles took us right to a singing Schlegel's Asity, and helped us find Coquerel's Coua, Madagascar Buttonquail and Van Dam's and Rufous Vanga.
	members.tripod.com /elwonger.mark/Ornifolks/madagascar2.htm (438 words)

	Broad-billed Sapayoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Based on the accumulating evidence described above, a trend to place the Sapoyoa in the family Eurylaimidae with the broadbills, rather than in its own family, is emerging.
		One version of this theory places the Sapayoa in the asity family (Philepittidae),
		“Asities”, in Christopher Perrins (Ed.): Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Broad-billed_Sapayoa (428 words)

	The Hindu : Motor disorder
		Check-ups over the next five months by the doctor showed it to be normal.
		On the first day of the ninth month a TIFFA scan was done, showing evidence of "bilateral dysplastic hydronephrotic kidneys", "foetal asities" and "placental thickness".
		The doctor confirmed that this was rare and the baby had to be delivered immediately.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2003/10/26/stories/2003102600370700.htm (1488 words)

	asities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Here they are considered traditionally as a separate family.
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "asities" is defined.
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	www.vocamania.com /asities.aspx (110 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Madagascar
		Madagascar is well known for the very high level of endemism with an incredible half of the regularly breeding species endemic to this large island.
		Madagascar is home to three endemic bird families being the Mesites, Ground-Rollers and Asities (as well as the Couas included with Cuckoos) and shares Cuckoo-Roller and the Vangas only with the nearby Comoros.
		This lake surrounded by a high wall is situated between the Airport and the centre of Tana.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/madagascar/mad2 (10822 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Lambert and Pittas
		An identification guide to two widely known groups of Old World forest passerine birds, as well as the asities of Madagascar.
		Pittas are ground-dwelling insectivorous species, whilst broadbills form a more diverse group, some being highly specialised insectivores, others being fructivores.
		This spectacular book covers the ground-dwelling pittas, the arboreal broadbills and the four asities from Madagascar.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/an/Lambert+/tn/+Pittas (489 words)

	Birding World - Book review: Pittas, Broadbills and Asities
		Review of ''Pittas, Broadbills and Asities'', by Frank Lambert and Martin Woodcock, 1996.
		World birding - where to watch birds in July in Borneo
		Book review: A reference manual of rare birds in Great Britain and Ireland
	www.eurobirding.com /birdingmagazines/artinfo.php?id=5822 (79 words)

	Pittas, Broadbills And Asities
		Quote the catalogue numbers (eg M1WXYZ) of the books you are interested in.
		Covering two widely known groups of tropical forest birds this book is the first to deal exclusively with such attractive species, particularly the asities which occur only in Madagascar.
		Click here to find and buy this item from the Subbuteo books website.
	www.birdforumbooks.com /info/40-Pittas,-Broadbills-And-Asities.htm (88 words)

	Family List 7th ed
		Finally, I apply this same approach — lineages that are unequivocally long separated from each other, equivalent to the passerine clades, should be Families — to non-passerines.
		The Broadbills as a traditional family are only monophyletic if one considers Asities and Sapayoa to be broadbills.
		The situation iscomparable to the barbet/toucan connundrum in which the options are either to lump all toucans/barbets together or separate them into 5 families, including elevating Toucan-Barbet to family status.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/list.html (6194 words)

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