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Minivet
The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 15 species, occurring mainly in forests in southern and eastern Asia. They are fairly small, slender birds with long tails and an erect posture. Many species have bright red or yellow markings. They feed mainly on insects, foraging in groups in the tree canopy. Species list The genus contains 15 species: * Rosy minivet, ''Pericrocotus roseus'' * Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet, ''Pericrocotus cantonensis'' * Ashy minivet The ashy minivet (''Pericrocotus divaricatus'') is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in thei ..., ''Pericrocotus divaricatus'' * Ryukyu minivet, ''Pericrocotus tegimae'' * Small minivet, ''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'' * Fiery minivet, ''Pericrocotus igneus'' * Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericrocotus
The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 15 species, occurring mainly in forests in southern and eastern Asia. They are fairly small, slender birds with long tails and an erect posture. Many species have bright red or yellow markings. They feed mainly on insects, foraging in groups in the tree canopy. Species list The genus contains 15 species: * Rosy minivet, ''Pericrocotus roseus'' * Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet, ''Pericrocotus cantonensis'' * Ashy minivet, ''Pericrocotus divaricatus'' * Ryukyu minivet, ''Pericrocotus tegimae'' * Small minivet, ''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'' * Fiery minivet, ''Pericrocotus igneus'' * Little minivet, ''Pericrocotus lansbergei'' * White-bellied minivet, ''Pericrocotus erythropygius'' * Jerdon's minivet, ''Pericrocotus albifrons'' * Grey-chinned minivet, ''Pericrocotus solaris'' * Long-tailed minivet, ''Pericrocotus ethologus'' * Short-bille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-bellied Minivet
The white-bellied minivet (''Pericrocotus erythropygius'') is a species of minivet found in Nepal and India, mostly in dry deciduous forest. Etymology The origin of the vernacular name of minivets is not known but it seems to be the English adaptation of an Indian name perhaps imitative. The genus Pericrocotus seems to be related to the saffron color of some minivets. Description The male white-bellied minivet has a shiny black head, neck, tail and mantle. The species has a white collar, the throat is orange, the rest of the underparts are also white. The rump is orange with white markings on the wings. The female minivet is duller in appearance, with dark gray upperparts, black wings, white collar, black tail and shiny black lores. The wings have white markings similar to those of the males, and the rump is orange. It measures between 18.5 and 20 cm long. Habitat and behavior The white-bellied minivet is native to Nepal and India, mainly in dry deciduous forests. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashy Minivet
The ashy minivet (''Pericrocotus divaricatus'') is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus ''Pericrocotus'' in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks. The male is distinctive with a white face and black nape although females can be confused with the female of the brown-rumped minivet. They forage in the canopy, often along with other minivets and join mixed-species foraging flocks. Description It is 18.5–20 cm long. The male is grey above and whitish below. It has a black cap with a white forehead and there is a white band across the flight-feathers. The outer tail feathers are white. The bill and feet are black. The female's cap is grey apart from a black band between the bill and eye and a narrow white band above it. The call is a high-pitched, metallic trill. It is considered as closely related to ''Pericrocotus roseus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Minivet
The orange minivet (''Pericrocotus flammeus'') is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast of India and Sri Lanka. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the scarlet minivet which is considered to have a wider distribution in eastern and northern India and South-east Asia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The orange minivet is a species resident in southern India and Sri Lanka, that feeds primarily on insects while foraging in mixed-species bird flocks or in small single-species groups. Taxonomy and systematics The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ''peri -'' 'very'; ''krokotus'' 'saffron-coloured'. The species name ''flammeus'' has its roots in Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Minivet
The small minivet (''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'') is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Description The small minivet is 16 cm long with a strong dark beak and long wings. The male differs from most other common minivets by having grey, not glossy black, upperparts and head, and orange underparts, fading to yellow on the belly, orange tail edges, rump and wing patches. The female is grey above, with yellow underparts (including the face), tail edges, rump and wing patches. There is much racial variation. The male ''P. c. pallidus'' of the northwest Indian subcontinent is pale grey above, with the underparts whitish except on the throat and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-chinned Minivet
The grey-chinned minivet (''Pericrocotus solaris'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found from the Himalayas to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is forests about in elevation. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. Taxonomy This species was described from Darjeeling by Edward Blyth in 1846. The IOC World Bird List recognises eight subspecies: ''Pericrocotus solaris solaris'' found in the Himalayas and northern and western Myanmar; ''P. s. rubrolimbatus'' in eastern Myanmar and northern Thailand; ''P. s. montpellieri'' in southern China; ''P. s. griseogularis'' in southeastern China, Taiwan, northeastern Laos and northern Vietnam; ''P. s. deignani'' in southern Laos and central Vietnam; ''P. s. nassovicus'' in eastern Thailand and southern Cambodia; ''P. s. montanus'' in western Malaysia and Sumatra; and ''P. s. cinereigula'' in Borneo. The '' Handbook of the Birds of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiery Minivet
The fiery minivet (''Pericrocotus igneus'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. Its range includes Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are broadleaf, secondary and coastal forests. It is threatened by forest clearance and has been assessed as near-threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Taxonomy This species was described from Malacca by Edward Blyth in 1846. The species name is from the Latin ''igneus'' "fiery". Harry C. Oberholser described the larger subspecies ''Pericrocotus igneus trophis'' from Simeulue in 1912. A 2010 molecular phylogenetic study confirmed the previously hypothesised relationship that the fiery minivet and small minivet (''Pericrocotus cinnamomeus'') are sister species. Description The fiery minivet is long. It is sexually dimorphic. The male has a glossy black head and mantle and an orange-red back. The wings are mostly glossy black, with orange-red edges to the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosy Minivet
The rosy minivet (''Pericrocotus roseus'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. The male is distinguished from other minivets by having a deep pink/light red shade in wings and tail and the female having an olive/olive yellow rump as against bright yellow in other minivets. Both male and female are grey above. Distribution It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. In India, it is found in the Himalayas from west to east to Arunachal Pradesh and hills of Nagaland and Manipur. In winter in peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References Gallery File:Rosy Minivet Male Prasanna Mamidala.jpg, Rosy minivet male, Maredumilli forest, Andhra Pradesh, India File:Rosy Minivet female - Prasanna Mamidala.jpg, Rosy minivet female, Maredumilli forest, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuckooshrike
The cuckooshrikes and allies in the family Campephagidae are small to medium-sized passerine bird species found in the subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia. The 93 species are divided into 11 genera. The woodshrikes (''Tephrodornis'') were often considered to be in this family but are now placed in their own family, Vangidae, along with the philentomas and the flycatcher-shrikes. Another genus, '' Chlamydochaera'', which has one species, the black-breasted fruithunter, was often placed in this family but has now been shown to be a thrush (Turdidae). Taxonomy Cuckooshrikes are not closely related to either the cuckoos or to the shrikes; the name probably comes from the grey colour of many of the cuckooshrikes. Some of the species also bear a superficial resemblance to cuckoos, and have a similar undulating flight. The grey colouration has led to one of their other names, the greybird. In some parts of the world they have also been known as caterpillar-birds, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerdon's Minivet
Jerdon's minivet (''Pericrocotus albifrons'') is a species of minivet found in Myanmar, mostly in dry deciduous forest. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the white-bellied minivet The white-bellied minivet (''Pericrocotus erythropygius'') is a species of minivet found in Nepal and India, mostly in dry deciduous forest. Etymology The origin of the vernacular name of minivets is not known but it seems to be the English ad .... References Jerdon's minivet Birds of Myanmar Jerdon's minivet {{Campephagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Minivet
The little minivet (''Pericrocotus lansbergei''), also known as the Flores minivet, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ... is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. References little minivet Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands Birds of Flores little minivet little minivet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campephagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryukyu Minivet
The Ryukyu minivet (''Pericrocotus tegimae'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Japan. The species was previously thought to be a subspecies of the ashy minivet. Its specific name is named for the Japanese naturalist Seiichi Tegima. Distribution and habitat The Ryukyu minivet was originally Endemism, endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, but in the 1970s it spread to southern Kyushu and as of 2010 was found throughout that island and into Shikoku and western Honshu. It has been suggested that the species was able to spread due to declines in the related ashy minivet. The species' natural habitat is evergreen and mixed deciduous forests. It will also use human-modified habitats, including cedar plantations and gardens. It ranges from sea-level to . References Pericrocotus Endemic birds of Japan Birds of the Ryukyu Islands Birds described in 1887 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Campephagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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