Philepitta is a genus of bird in the family Philepittidae.

Established by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1838, the genus contains the following species:[2] Male Female

The genus name Philepitta is a combination of the French name philédon, for the friarbirds of the family Meliphagidae and pitta, for the birds of the genus "pitta".

[3] Philepitta is now the type-genus of a new bird family, the Philepittidae, into which the Asites of Madagascar have been placed.

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